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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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builds on the existing literature on the effect of marriage on women's employment in MENA. Besides examining how different … in the extent to which self-employment after marriage is available to women to compensate for the reduction in wage … employment opportunities. …
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We study the impact of selection bias on estimates of the gender pay gap, focusing on whether the gender pay gap has fallen since 1981. Previous research has found divergent results across techniques, identification strategies, data sets, and time periods. Using Michigan Panel Study of Income...
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Employment and participation rates for US prime age women rose steadily during the second half of the 20th century. In … the last 30 years, however, those rates stagnated, even as employment and participation rates for women in other … barriers, such as limited investment in family policies, that may be holding back employment among American women today. The …
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employment stability enjoyed by workers. This implies that in Italy women with highly protected and stable jobs find it easier to …
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of "jobless growth", India has experienced concentrated employment growth, mainly in urban areas and for men. This has … employment in urban areas. But the ability of the manufacturing sector to engage workers will be constrained by the capital and … skill intensity of production. More wage employment will be created but the challenge is to ensure these workers have access …
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to establish a pre-pandemic employment trend and attribute any difference from this trend to the estimated effect of the … pandemic on employment outcomes. We find mixed impacts of the pandemic on Indonesia's labor market. While the pandemic has … reduced the gender gap in employment participation due to the "added worker effect" among women, it has also lowered overall …
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Differences in labor market outcomes for women and men are highly persistent. Apart from discrimination, one frequently mentioned explanation could be differences in the attitude towards competition for both genders. Abundant empirical evidence indicates that multiple influences shape attitudes...
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Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if having a woman at the helm of country's decision making processes leads to better indicators on women conditions. Using time series observations for the period 2000-2011, we test the...
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Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if having a woman at the helm of country's decision making processes leads to better indicators on women conditions. Using time series observations for the period 2000-2011, we test the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971512