social indicators, such as GDP growth, labour market outcomes, and poverty and inequality, for the period since the fall of … the FDI has induced. FDI inflows have also reduced unemployment and increased wages, but have had no effects on labour … productivity. Total FDI has had only limited effects on inequality and poverty, but FDI from Germany and Austria has been found to …

-satisfaction. This paper reviews the social progress that Costa Rica has achieved and identifies reducing inequality and poverty as the … is increasing rapidly, and to close the gender gap in the labour market. The health and pension systems play a …

infrastructure. While unemployment and enforced idleness" persist, existing time-use survey data reveal that people around the …, and unpaid work, on the other, well-designed employment guarantee policies can promote job creation, gender equality, and …

Using data from the European Community Household Panel Survey (ECHP), the authors analyze the effects of gender wage … household income the hypothetical non-discriminatory wage of working females. Finally, poverty and inequality levels of observed …

. Ordered probit regression analysis of well-being reveals large influence of gender, rural residency and household income …. After controlling for demographic attributes, health, unemployment status, household size, agricultural hukou (household … poverty will enhance well-being in China, policies that reduce rural-urban and gender inequalities are also likely to boost …

examines determinants of different labor force participation by gender. The empirical analysis is based on the World Values … support a gender gap with respect to accessibility to full time paid work, only young females, regardless their computer … more properly engaged in unpaid employment. The study also finds a gender gap in job search intensity. We also conclude …

-socialist European Union member states. In dialogue with the literature on the impact of economic development on gender inequality in …-liberal style "economic development" on gender inequality in a geo-politically specific context and suggest that structural …-level modeling techniques, this paper explores the macro-level determinants of the gender poverty gap in the ten post …