Early evidence on the pandemic’s effects pointed to women’s employment falling disproportionately, leading observers to … to two-thirds exhibiting larger declines in women’s than men’s employment rates. These gender differences in COVID-19’s … related to COVID-19’s impacts on gender shares in employment within sectors …

The world's biggest and arguably most aggressive form of employment based affirmative action policy for minorities … exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its … effect on labor market outcomes of two distinct minority groups. My main finding is that employment quota significantly in …

Motivated by the highly-unionized public sectors, the high public shares in total employment, and the public … public employment. In addition, endogenously-determined public wage and hours add to the distortionary effect of …

Motivated by the highly-unionized public sectors, the high public shares in total employment, and the public … public employment. In addition, endogenously-determined public wage and hours add to the distortionary effect of …

COVID-19 substantially decreased employment, but the effects vary among demographic and socioeconomic groups. We … document the employment losses in April 2020 across various groups using the U.S. Current Population Survey. The unemployment … rate understates employment losses. We focus on the percentage of the civilian population that is employed and at work …

We examine whether the COVID-19 crisis affects women and men differently in terms of employment, working hours and … as others, irrespective of gender and spousal employment. Third, single-parent essential workers experience relatively …

returned to previous levels within a few quarters. Consequently, the total loss in employment caused by the rise in mismatch … preferences amid strong labor demand are more prominent explanations for the persistent employment shortfall vis-à-vis pre …