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In this paper, we study the causal impact of the intensity of mobile phone use on female labor force participation in India. Using data from a large representative household survey, we employ an instrumental variable approach to estimate this causal impact. We decompose the intensity of mobile...
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region in the World. Expected future levels of education, very young and youth population, youth employment and unemployment …
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people working in various creative occupations-is estimated to contribute nearly 8% of the country's employment, much higher …
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people working in various creative occupations-is estimated to contribute nearly 8% of the country's employment, much higher …
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(employment), unpaid work (time spent on domestic work) and incomes, this paper examines the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on …, April 2020, saw a large contraction in employment for both men and women, where more men lost jobs in absolute terms …. Employment has recovered by August 2020 for men. However, for women, the likelihood of being employed is 9.5 percentage points …
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., that women's participation is falling due unavailability of steady gainful employment. The high unemployment rate and … industry-wise composition of total employment provide suggestive evidence that women's participation is falling as women are … likely to be displaced from employment by male workers. We show that women's employment is likely to suffer more than men …
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labour demand. We find that female employment is highly responsive to local labour demand, but not male employment. The … stagnant employment creation from 2004-05 onwards. Our analysis suggests that India needs to focus on creating rural non …
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effects on male and female workers in India. It describes trends in employment shares and wages for female and male workers … cognitive occupations for both categories have the smallest employment shares, there are also important differences. An … investigation into the changes in employment shares reveals that female workers suffer less of a decline in routine cognitive jobs …
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Survey (CPHS) database, this paper investigates the first effects of Covid-19 induced lockdown on employment and the gendered … pattern of time allocation inside the home. Examining the employment status during the last 12 months of over 40 …,000 individuals surveyed in April 2020 (i.e. during the strict nationwide lockdown), the paper finds that overall employment, which …
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