This study examines the initial impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on the employment and hours of unincorporated self …-employed workers using data from the Current Population Survey. Although the shutdowns decreased employment and hours for all groups …, differential effects by gender, couple status, and parental status exist. Coupled women were less likely to be working than coupled …

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 …

This paper analyzes the historical evidence of the gender gap in employment and wages in Mexico. We construct … consistent time series from 1988:Q1 to 2019:Q4 using employment surveys, and estimate a model of labor participation in the … formal market and wages for each gender and quarter, correcting selection biases. Based on these results, we implement a …

could be argued that the policy did, indirectly, have a positive impact on gender equality in the labor market and, possibly …

ratios, in the presence of strong social norms against female employment. One such channel is women's desired labor supply … segregation decreases? Does the gender pay gap decline? We exploit exogenous variation in sex ratios across cohorts and regions … entered traditionally male-dominated occupations and industries, and the gender pay gap declined. These findings are …

., 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 …

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 …

formal employment in Mexico. We use a detailed dataset containing loan-level information for all loans extended by commercial … demand shocks. Then, we use employment registry data to compare changes in the number of formal workers registered by small … large impact on formal employment: a positive credit shock of one standard deviation increases yearly employment growth by 0 …

formal employment in Mexico. We use a detailed dataset containing loan-level information for all loans extended by commercial … demand shocks. Then, we use employment registry data to compare changes in the number of formal workers registered by small … large impact on formal employment: a positive credit shock of one standard deviation increases yearly employment growth by 0 …

(employment), unpaid work (time spent on domestic work) and incomes, this paper examines the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on … the gender gaps in paid and unpaid work through the lockdown and recovery phases. The first month of the national lockdown …, April 2020, saw a large contraction in employment for both men and women, where more men lost jobs in absolute terms …