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This paper documents and analyses the predominance of informal employment in Africa and shows that lack of demand for labour rather than worker characteristics is the main reason for pervasive underemployment. Integration into the global economy and exports of labour-intensive products are vital...
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. We estimate that the difference in wages among prime age women would be approximately 3% higher if the relationship … of women's fertility on their human capital accumulation. We find that the curvature in the wage profile is determined …
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In this paper, we estimate the returns on schooling for young men and women in Turkey using the exogenous and … among 18- to 26-year-olds, the return from an extra year of schooling is almost zero for men and 3.8 percent for women. The … reasons why the returns on schooling are low and why they are higher for women in our context. In particular, the policy …
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the labor division between women and men and show that shocks may disrupt long-standing gender roles. The results are …
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A number of studies have shown that women’s and men’s wages relate to parenthood in general and to parental leave in … influence paid work. This study uses Swedish register data to analyse the association between care leave and wages among mothers … between care leave and wage may be that men’s care leave has a stronger signalling effect compared with women’s care leave. …
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In light of the remarkable number of young people who pass through a period of temp work at the beginning of their career the question arises whether labor market entry via temporary work agency (TWA) employment has any (persistent) effects on labor market outcomes. We investigate this issue...
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market consequences. We use the Synthetic Control Group Method (SCGM) and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW …) to estimate the causal effect of mandated sick leave on employment and wages. Our findings do not provide much evidence … that employment or wages were significantly affected by the mandates which typically allow employees to earn one hour of …
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This article examines the overall effect of global value chains (GVCs) on labour market outcomes, namely wages and …-least-squares method. The results indicate that GVC position is negatively correlated both with wages and with employment, while the effect …
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