This study examines the initial impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on the employment and hours of unincorporated self …-employed workers using data from the Current Population Survey. Although the shutdowns decreased employment and hours for all groups …, differential effects by gender, couple status, and parental status exist. Coupled women were less likely to be working than coupled …

This study examines the initial impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on the employment and hours of unincorporated self …-employed workers using data from the Current Population Survey. Although the shutdowns decreased employment and hours for all groups …, differential effects by gender, couple status, and parental status exist. Coupled women were less likely to be working than coupled …

increase in self-employment from the baseline average. We find impact differences by gender: self-employment increase by 21 … self-employment, new business plans, entry into entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial traits using data from the Nepal … Employment Fund training program, which funds training workshops offered to eligible individuals. We find striking positive …

employment integration of benefit recipients. To address the issue, we have resorted to a counterfactual approach with data from … two main sources: the program administration and compulsory communications on employment and unemployment spells. We found …

This paper is concerned with the effects of training on the future employment probability of trainees. During the … transformation process of the East German economy after reunification, employment decreased by a large amount. Therefore, many … with regard to the impact of participation in training on the future employment probability of the trainees. Our analysis …

-release employment and crime outcomes. First, I provide empirical evidence that these programs significantly reduce recidivism and … increase employment in the medium term. To do so, I take advantage of a rich panel dataset on serious juvenile offenders, the … Pathways to Desistance. Second, I develop and estimate a model of crime, employment, and prison-based training program …

Would countercyclical fiscal policy during recessions improve or worsen the gender employment gap? We give an answer to … this question by exploring the state-dependent impact of fiscal spending shocks on employment by gender in the G-7 … would, on average, lift female employment by 1 percent, while increasing male employment by 0.6 percent. Consequently such a …