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Shepherd, Ben; Stone, Susan F. - 2017

This paper studies the impact of migrant children on their parents' occupation choice and wage income using a dataset from a household survey conducted in 2011. We find that the heads of migrant households with school-age children earn significantly less than those who left them at their place...

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The gender productivity gap : evidence from the Indian informal sector

Gang, Ira N.; Raj, Rajesh S. N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2021

We examine the patterns and correlates of the productivity gap between male-owned and female-owned firms for informal enterprises in India. Female-owned firms are on average 45 per cent less productive than male-owned firms, with the clearest productivity gaps observed at the lower end of the...

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Formal but less equal : gender wage gaps in formal and informal jobs in Brazil

Ben Yahmed, Sarra - 2016

In developing countries, a large share of employees work informally and are not covered by employment protection legislation. I study here how gender wage inequality differs across formal and informal jobs in Brazil. The raw gender wage gap is higher in informal jobs (13%) compared to formal...

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Gender gaps in labor informality : the motherhood effect

Berniell, Inés; Berniell, Lucila; Mata, Dolores de la; … - 2019

Recent work has quantified the large negative effects of motherhood on female labor market outcomes in Europe and the US. But these results may not apply to developing countries, where labor markets work differently and informality is widespread. In less developed countries, informal jobs, which...

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Do immigrants work in worse jobs than US natives? : evidence from California

Zavodny, Madeline - 2014

In the debate over immigration reform, it is frequently asserted that immigrants take jobs that U.S. natives do not want. Using data from the 2000 Census merged with O*NET data on occupation characteristics, I show that the jobs held by immigrants are more physically arduous than the jobs held...

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The effects of international scrutiny on manufacturing workers: evidence from the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh

Bossavie, Laurent; Cho, Yoonyoung; Heath, Rachel - 2020

After the tragic factory collapse of Rana Plaza in 2013, both the direct reforms and indirect responses of retailers have plausibly affected workers in the Ready Made Garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh. These responses included a minimum wage increase, high profile but voluntary audits, and an...

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Gender differences in formal wage employment in urban Tanzania

Opoku, Kwadwo; Mugizi, Francisco M. P.; Boahen, Emmanuel Adu - 2021

This paper uses the latest Tanzania labour force survey-the Integrated Labour Force Survey-and a censored bivariate … Tanzania. Our findings indicate that, compared to men, women are less likely to participate in the labour market and less … likely to get formal wage employment, suggesting the existence of gender bias in the labour market in urban areas of Tanzania …

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Brokers and the earnings of female sex workers in India

Brady, David; Biradavolu, Monica R.; Blankenship, Kim M. - 2015

This study examines whether working with a broker increases or reduces the payment received for the last client among female sex workers. Building on research on the informal economy and sex work, we formulate a positive embeddedness hypothesis, expecting a positive association, and an...

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Women in the informal economy in India : remuneration, protection and duality of the labour market

Pande, Rekha - In: Revue française d'histoire économique 19 (2023) 1, pp. 106-127

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Introduction: worldwide patterns of legal segmentation in employment law

Mückenberger, Ulrich; Dingeldey, Irene - In: International labour review 161 (2022) 4, pp. 511-534

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