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The Outlook for Women's Employment and Labor Force Participation
Albanesi, Stefania - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437047
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The association between immigration and labor market outcomes in the United States
Basso, Gaetano; Peri, Giovanni - 2015
zero to positive correlation with changes in native wages and native employment, in aggregate and by skill group. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011375969
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Where to work? Gender differences in labor market outcomes during economic crisis
Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John - 2011
In Central and Eastern European women started the process of transition from socialist to market economies with a status quo that differed markedly from women in both developed western and traditional developing economies. They enjoyed an equal or higher level of education than men, virtually no...
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Female labour force participation in MENA's manufacturing sector : the implications of firm-related and national factors
Fakih, Ali; Ghazalian, Pascal L. - 2013
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region falls behind several other geo-economic regions in terms of women's participation rates in the labour market. This paper examines the implications of firm-related and national factors for Female Labour Force Participation (FLFP) rates in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009708709
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Female Labour Force Participation in MENA's Manufacturing Sector : The Implications of Firm-Related and National Factors
Fakih, Ali - 2014
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region falls behind several other geo-economic regions in terms of women's participation rates in the labour market. This paper examines the implications of firm-related and national factors for Female Labour Force Participation (FLFP) rates in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013064538
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The response of firms to maternity leave and sickness absence
Schmutte, Ian M.; Skira, Meghan M. - 2022
leave spell starting on firms' employment, hiring, and separations. Firms respond immediately by increasing hiring, but the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013260005
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Female Labour Force Participation in MENA's Manufacturing Sector : The Implications of Firm-Related and National Factors
Fakih, Ali - 2014
This paper examines the implications of firm-related and national factors for Female Labour Force Participation (FLFP) rates in manufacturing firms located in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The empirical investigation uses data derived from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061672
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New Mothers' Labour Force Participation in Italy : The Role of Job Characteristics
Bratti, Massimiliano; Bono, Emilia Del; Vuri, Daniela - 2021
employment stability enjoyed by workers. This implies that in Italy women with highly protected and stable jobs find it easier to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319321
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Gender, selection into employment, and the wage impact of immigration
Borjas, George J.; Edo, Anthony - 2021
wage of French women, but led to a sizable decline in their employment rate. In contrast, immigration had little impact on … the employment rate of men, but led to a sizable drop in the male wage. We show that the near-zero correlation between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012501434
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The impact of paid family leave on employers: evidence from New York
Bartel, Ann; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher J.; … - 2021
We designed and fielded a survey of New York and Pennsylvania firms to study the impacts of New York's 2018 Paid Family Leave policy on employer outcomes. We match each NY firm to a comparable PA firm and use difference-in-difference models to analyze within-match-pair changes in outcomes. We...
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