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maternity and child related benefits. Using panel data constructed from the 1995 and 1997 Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys …, our results reveal striking gender differences with respect to the reallocation of male and female employ-ees to and out …
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maternity and child related benefits. Using panel data constructed from the 1995 and 1997 Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys …, our results reveal striking gender differences with respect to the reallocation of male and female employ-ees to and out …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025182
by women with household responsibilities, some members of parliament believed that the new hours may be "family friendly …", i.e. convenient for combining career and household activities, and increase female labor participation. The policy … could be argued that the policy did, indirectly, have a positive impact on gender equality in the labor market and, possibly …
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research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …
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-level minimum wages. Using the 2004-05 Employment-Unemployment Survey along with the Consumer Expenditure Survey, we estimate that … casual workers. We also show that an extended minimum wage could substantially reduce inequality, poverty and the gender pay …
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characteristics such as gender (male), living in urban areas, belonging to a large household have significant positive impact on …This paper explores the personal, household and business environmental determinants of entrepreneurship in Kosova using … binary choice model based on the large Riinvest's Labour Force and Household Survey. Research findings suggest that personal …
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mobility patterns than men. Recent longitudinal studies of gender specific travel demand reveal converging mobility of males … participation for the assessment of future personal mobility. -- Travel demand ; cohort effects ; gender ; households ; ageing … and females. Moreover, in some countries results show convergence between cohort and gender specific travel demand: women …
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Child labourers play an integral role in households' income diversification process by contributing to farm and non-farm incomes but policies, including that of the ILO have focused largely on eliminating child labour from the agricultural sector through education. This study sought to ascertain...
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The study evaluates the extent, impact and determinants of labour migration in Bihar. Data were collected in 2011 from four hundred households (200 migrants and 200 non-migrants) four villages, each of rainfed ecosystem (Madhubani district) and partially irrigated ecosystem (East Champaran...
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