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The effect of COVID-19 on the gender gap in remote work
Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2024
We examine changes in the gender gap in working from home (WFH) in response to the unanticipated first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from the American Time Use Survey, we find a non-negligible widening of the gender gap with WFH being more prevalent among women than among men....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014465332
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Household models: an historical perspective
Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2007
This paper is a survey of the literature on theoretical models of the household, paying particular attention to some of the earlier contributions, and using them to place the current state of the theory in perspective. One of its aims is to suggest that the literature's neglect of Samuelson's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264270
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Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation among Immigrants: 1980-2000
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Papps, Kerry L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We use 1980, 1990 and 2000 Census data to study the impact of source country characteristics on the labor supply assimilation profiles of married adult immigrant women and men. Women migrating from countries where women have high relative labor force participation rates work substantially more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822486
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The Transmission of Women's Fertility, Human Capital and Work Orientation across Immigrant Generations
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Liu, Albert Yung-Hsu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Using 1995–2006 Current Population Survey and 1970–2000 Census data, we study the intergenerational transmission of fertility, human capital and work orientation of immigrants to their US-born children. We find that second-generation women's fertility and labor supply are significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761693
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Analysis of gender wage differential in China's urban labor market
Su, Biwei; Heshmati, Almas - 2011
referred to as discrimination turns out to be higher when the adjustment is made for the selection bias. A further breakdown of …, followed by their working experience. On the other hand, education acts as a contributor for discrimination in the labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282575
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Do labour market conditions affect the extent of gender discrimination?
Arceo, Eva; Campos-Vázquez, Raymundo M. - 2016
discrimination. In this paper we aim at analysing the effect of local labour market conditions on a firm's decision to discriminate …. We use a direct measure of discrimination using online job advertisements which use ascriptive characteristics (such as … discrimination. In theory, the effect of the unemployment rate on discrimination is ambiguous. Using data from over 300,000 online …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532409
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La desigual participación de hombres y mujeres en la economía social: teorías explicativas
Bonet, Mª Antonia Ribas; Moreno, Antonia Sajardo - In: CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y … (2004) 50, pp. 77-103
Analysis of gender differences in the labour market has given rise to many theories aiming to explain the situation. Most of them are based on a neo-classical economic approach but some inter-disciplinary paradigms adopt a broader focus. This article first analyses empirical evidence from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005087204
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Analysis of Gender Wage Differential in China's Urban Labor Market
Su, Biwei; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
referred to as discrimination turns out to be higher when the adjustment is made for the selection bias. A further breakdown of …, followed by their working experience. On the other hand, education acts as a contributor for discrimination in the labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416933
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Efectos de los ingresos no reportados en el nivel y tendencia de la pobreza laboral en México
Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M. - Centro de Estudios Económicos, Colegio de México - 2013
The proportion of wage workers with missing labor income has recently increased in Mexico. In this article, I correct the missing labor income through imputation methods. The official measurement of labor poverty indicates an increase from 42 to 53% in the 2005-2012 period, but poverty measured...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686702
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Gender discrimination in the Australian graduate labour market
Li, Ian W.; Miller, Paul W. - 2012
This paper examines gender discrimination in the Australian graduate labour market, using data from the Graduate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283941