employment, low youth and female unemployment, flexibility, and a low share of the "working poor", all of which can beneficially … self-employment, and an excess of labor cost growth over productivity growth, all of which can threaten further economic …

fiscal shocks and non-fiscal shocks on the gender composition of employment. We show that contractionary non-fiscal shocks … lead to man-cessions, i.e. employment falls and more strongly so for men. By contrast, an expansionary fiscal shock … predominantly raises the employment of women. Taken together, these results imply a trade-off dilemma for policy that seeks to …

This paper provides a literature review on youth employment challenges in rural Africa. The rapidly changing … employment. So far, despite sustained economic growth, African countries have not been successful in absorbing the fast … systems are increasingly recognized as potential catalyst for employment creation, given their future prospects and labor …

of taxation; iii) both the demand and supply-side effects; iv) effects on both output and employment.We build a three … unpaid care. Hours of employment in the social sector and the rest of the economy are determined by output and labour … productivity in the relevant sectors, and social norms about occupational segregation determines hours of employment of women and …

Would countercyclical fiscal policy during recessions improve or worsen the gender employment gap? We answer this … question by exploring the state-dependent impact of fiscal spending shocks on employment by gender in the G-7 countries. Using … the local projection method, we find that, during recessions, a positive fiscal spending shock increases female employment …