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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015
research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap …The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …
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Adverse birth outcomes and parental labor market participation after birth
Voit, Falk A. C. - 2023
Numerous articles have looked at the connection between adverse birth outcomes (low birth weight or preterm birth) and an individual's later socioeconomic status. To this day very few studies have been conducted that specifically address how delivery and adverse birth outcomes affect families...
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The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Male and Female Employment and Earnings in India
Menon, Nidhiya - 2017
This study examines how employment and wages for men and women respond to changes in the minimum wage in India, a … of India's National Sample Survey Organization employment survey data for the period 1983–2008 merged with a newly …, without any employment losses. Minimum wage rates also increase the residual gender wage gap, which may be explained by weaker …
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Abolishing the marital wage premium in Greece : employment and participation effects on minimum wage workers
Kakoulidou, Theano; Konstantinou, Panagiotis; Moutos, Thomas - 2020
We estimate the employment and labour force participation effects resulting from the abolition of the marital allowance … from the Greek LFS over the period 2008:Q1-2016:Q1 we do not find any differential change in the probability of employment …
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The impact of the minimum wage on male and female employment and earnings in India
Menon, Nidhiya; Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen - In: Asian development review 34 (2017) 1, pp. 28-64
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Transitioning towards more equality? : wealth gender differences and the changing role of explanatory factors over time
Sierminska, Eva; Piazzalunga, Daniela; Grabka, Markus M. - 2018
We investigate the explanatory factors that have contributed to changing wealth levels and the gender wealth gap in Germany over the period 2002-2012. In particular, we analyze the role of changes in labor supply, permanent income, portfolio composition, and marital status on wealth...
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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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Do minimum wages lead to job losses? : evidence from OECD countries on low-skilled and youth employment
Sturn, Simon - In: ILR review : the journal of work and policy 71 (2018) 3, pp. 647-675
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Gender identity and womens' supply of labor and non-market work : panel data evidence for Germany
Wieber, Anna; Holst, Elke - 2015
This paper aims to verify results of the innovative study on gender identity for the USA by Bertrand et al. (2015) for Germany. They found that women who would earn more than their husbands distort their labor market outcome in order not to violate traditional gender identity norms. Using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391706
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Gender identity and womens' supply of labor and non-market work : panel data evidence for Germany
Wieber, Anna; Holst, Elke - 2015
This paper aims to verify results of the innovative study on gender identity for the USA by Bertrand et al. (2015) for Germany. They found that women who would earn more than their husbands distort their labor market outcome in order not to violate traditional gender identity norms. Using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382658