shows that growing import competition from China differentially reduced earnings and employment rates for workers in more … largest for lower-skilled individuals. We show that domestic manufacturing employment declined much more in countries that saw …

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 …

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 …

In this study, we explore the changing employment structure in the Russian economy since 2000. Does it change through a …

A number of important jurisdictions have recently enacted salary history bans to combat the gender pay gap. This paper … the gender pay gap and the biases cited by proponents of bans: some firms consistently but unconsciously under … and wage gap persists. In contrast, bans may reduce the gender wage gap, but do so at the expense of high-performing women …

employment and wages between the mid-2000s and the late-2010s emphasizing the gender dimension from the viewpoint of the task …. (ii) The employment structure is considerably more biased towards high-RTC jobs in Latin America than in OECD countries …, for both genders. (iii) There was an increase in the employment participation of low-RTC jobs during the period under …

disparities across male and female occupations are due to gender devaluation. …

Do firms reduce employment when their insiders (established, incumbent employees) claim higher wages? The conventional … answer in the theoretical literature is that insider power has no influence on employment, provided that the newly hired … firing in recessions, while leaving hiring in booms unchanged. Thereby insider power reduces average employment. …

This paper defines informal sector employment and decomposes the difference in earnings between formal and informal … and considering self-selection of individuals into different employment types, we find a significant informal employment …

to adverse employment effects, we expect there are downside risks for youth and low skilled workers' employment. As … minimum wage workers are broadly spread across the household income distribution, we conclude that minimum wages are largely …