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zero to positive correlation with changes in native wages and native employment, in aggregate and by skill group. We …
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We investigate the reaction of couples to a job loss during periods of growth and recession in the UK focussing on re-employment … of the spouse who lost their job. Re-employment was faster for those with a partner in work, but was not generally …
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With the aim of reducing women's greater unpaid care work than men&'s and increasing women's paid employment, this … analysis of 36 World Bank employment-related projects in Malawi, Mali, Niger, and Rwanda. It concludes that the vast majority …
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This paper provides empirical evidence on the effect of changing the retirement age on employment. Base on individual …-7.4 percentage point increase in the 45 per cent employment rate at the retirement age for women. Changes in the normal retirement … age do not seem to have such employment effect because increases in disability pension claims have counteracted them. …
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In an aging society, determining which factors contribute to the employment of older individuals is increasingly … important. We examine the impact of medical innovations on the employment of middle-aged women focusing on the specific case of … in HRT use. Our results indicate substantial benefits of HRT use to the short-term employment of middle-aged women. …
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out to obtain empirical evidence of the employment profile according to gender, quantify the extent to which self-employment … or salaried employment is associated with certain characteristics (age, education, marital status and economic sector … Office (INE). Results shows that significant gender differences in employment status are seen when this is disaggregated and …
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effects of CA-PFL. Rights to paid leave are also associated with higher work and employment probabilities for mothers nine to …
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fiscal shocks and non-fiscal shocks on the gender composition of employment. We show that contractionary non-fiscal shocks … lead to man-cessions, i.e. employment falls and more strongly so for men. By contrast, an expansionary fiscal shock … predominantly raises the employment of women. Taken together, these results imply a trade-off dilemma for policy that seeks to …
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This paper provides an integrated interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data examining how couples respond when one partner loses their job. According to economic theory there may be an 'Added Worker Effect' where, when one partner loses their job, their spouse enters the labour market...
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