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Working women worldwide : age effects in female labor force participation in 117 countries
Besamusca, Janna; Tijdens, Kea Gartje; Keune, Maarten; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 74 (2015), pp. 123-141
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Women's access to quality work : a cross-country analysis
Araar, Abdelkrim; Arunatilake, Nisha; Fontana, Marzia; … - 2024
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From mancession to shecession: women's employment in regular and pandemic recessions
Alon, Titan; Coskun, Sena; Doepke, Matthias; Koll, David; … - 2021
We examine the impact of the global recession triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic on women's versus men's employment …. Whereas recent recessions in advanced economies usually had a disproportionate impact on men's employment, giving rise to the … moniker "mancessions," we show that the pandemic recession of 2020 was a "shecession" in most countries with larger employment …
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Bridging the digital divide in the G20 : skills for the new age
Chetty, Krish; Aneja, Urvashi; Mishra, Vidisha; Gcora, … - 2017
the evolving set of digital skills required for employment (2) incorporate a holistic digital skills development strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011724528
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Bridging the digital divide in the G20 : skills for the new age
Chetty, Krish; Aneja, Urvashi; Mishra, Vidisha; Gcora, … - 2018
the evolving set of digital skills required for employment, (2) incorporate a holistic digital skills development strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011824149
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The 2030 sustainable development goals and measuring gender inequality : a technical articulation for Asia-Pacific
Aggarwal, Bhavya; Chakraborty, Lekha S. - 2016
Against the backdrop of the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development, this paper analyzes the measurement issues in gender-based indices constructed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and suggests alternatives for choice of variables, functional form, and weights. While the...
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Women on the Move : The Neglected Gender Dimension of the Brain Drain
Dumont, Jean-Christophe; Martin, John P.; Spielvogel, Gilles - 2021
Two trends in international migration flows have attracted much attention recently: (i) the growing feminisation of migration flows; and (ii) the increasing selectivity of migration towards the highly skilled, which in turn has given rise to renewed concerns about the "brain drain" consequences...
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Are women important for economic development? : an evidence on women's participation in labor market and their contribution to economic growth in 83 world countries
Lechman, Ewa; Okonowicz, Anna - 2013
A kind of gender revolution is passing through various countries in various continents. By being offered free access to educational infrastructure, women become better educated, improve their skills and capabilities, gain possibilities to enter the labour market and use financial resources to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802061
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Are Women Important for Economic Development? An Evidence on Women's Participation in Labor Market and Their Contribution to Economic Growth In 83 World Countries
Lechman, Ewa; Okonowicz, Anna - 2014
A kind of gender revolution is passing through various countries in various continents. By being offered free access to educational infrastructure, women become better educated, improve their skills and capabilities, gain possibilities to enter the labour market and use financial resources to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147306
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Institutional Determinants of Student Achievement - Microeconometric Evidence
Link, Susanne - 2013
This volume was prepared by Susanne Link during her stay at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the Department of Human Capital and Innovation of the Ifo Institute of Economic Research. It was accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Economics Departure of the University of Munich in...
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