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ratios, in the presence of strong social norms against female employment. One such channel is women's desired labor supply …
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., that women's participation is falling due unavailability of steady gainful employment. The high unemployment rate and … industry-wise composition of total employment provide suggestive evidence that women's participation is falling as women are … likely to be displaced from employment by male workers. We show that women's employment is likely to suffer more than men …
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We estimate the relative importance of alternative labour supply and demand mechanisms in explaining the rise of female labour force participation over the last 55 years in Mexico. The growth of female labour force participation in Mexico between 1960 and 2015 followed an S-shape, with a...
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Technological change in production processes with gendered division of labor across tasks, such as agriculture, can have a differential impact on women's and men's labor. Using exogenous variation in the extent of loamy soil, which is more amenable to deep tillage than clayey soil and therefore...
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Technological change in production processes with gendered division of labor across tasks, such as agriculture, can have a differential impact on women's and men's labor. Using exogenous variation in the extent of loamy soil, which is more amenable to deep tillage than clayey soil and therefore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293601
municipalities in Brazil, I show that these technologies reduced female earnings and employment in agriculture, without reallocation … household earnings and substitution effects driven by the reduction in female earnings and employment. These results suggest …
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This paper investigates the effects of shocks, predominantly climate shocks, on labor market outcomes in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). We focus on migration ows within the WAEMU countries to disentangle the differential effects of shocks on migrants and non-migrants. Our...
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The transformation of global agri-food systems has led to the increased establishment of exportoriented horticultural … plantations in developing countries. These labor intense production sites are associated with feminized employment patterns for … the delicate handling of fruits and vegetables and therefore provide employment opportunities for women in rural areas …
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household decision-making mediates the impact of climate variability on employment choices, especially in rural areas. This …
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secondary schooling the heavy burden of reproduction actives which makes them less available for gainful employment. However … employment in the agricultural sector. Thus, proactive measures aimed at infrastructure investment that reduces women care … these gender specific obstacles, enable women respond to employment opportunities and minimise any gender disparity caused …
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