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of "jobless growth", India has experienced concentrated employment growth, mainly in urban areas and for men. This has … employment in urban areas. But the ability of the manufacturing sector to engage workers will be constrained by the capital and … skill intensity of production. More wage employment will be created but the challenge is to ensure these workers have access …
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of "jobless growth", India has experienced concentrated employment growth, mainly in urban areas and for men. This has … employment in urban areas. But the ability of the manufacturing sector to engage workers will be constrained by the capital and … skill intensity of production. More wage employment will be created but the challenge is to ensure these workers have access …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810116
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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research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap …
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focus on how informal employment affects post-fertility labor supply behavior of mothers. We employ an instrumental variable … employment - possibly due to a decline in reservation wages. Accordingly, wages decline, hours of work increase, and job search …
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empirical evidence provided by this project can be useful in future assessments of current social security and employment …
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Covid-19 pandemic and related employment protection policies on the labor market outcomes of recent university graduates. We … find that both males and females are less likely to be employed during the pandemic year, with more pronounced employment … losses for females. While gender differences in employment arise from females' high skill employment losses, becoming …
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The Visegrad 4 countries are characterized by low female and maternal employment rates compared to other Western and … Nordic countries. Employment rates of mothers with children aged 0-2 years old are especially low, except in Poland. Work …
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unemployment insurance (UI) as an instrument for employment protection during the pandemic-induced recession. The analysis reveals … that womenparticularly those with children and earning low wagesexperienced greater employment and wage losses compared to … transition from UI to formal employment during the pandemic, diverging from previous trends, largely due to the suspension …
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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...
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