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tendency of women to start businesses in the service sector, which is underrepresented in the crafts. Women also tend to be … women to care for children and actively participate in the labor force at the same time. On the other, incomes are generally … lower. Women are more risk averse and tend to be more cautious in their entrepreneurial endeavors. They are more likely to …
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Despite a steady increase in the number of self-employed women, the so-called gender gap has hardly diminished. Based …-induced employment breaks - which from a theoretical perspective go along with a loss of human capital - explain women's lower start …
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activities. Women are relatively often and foreigners rarely represented in the start-up actvities of the service sector. …
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relief organizations in Zimbabwe, 1980 to 1993. … und Projekten der oben genannten Hilfsorganisationen in Simbabwe, 1980 bis 1993. …
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differ depending on the level of earnings. The inequality of earnings among unregistered women and men is more pronounced at … quintiles indicates that it would be even higher if women had men's characteristics. A possible explanation of the results is …
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This paper addresses the issue of household demand for services in Poland when informal sector is taken into consideration. The aim of the study is threefold: (i) to investigate the factors influencing households expenses for services, (ii) to find the determinants of households' tax strategy...
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of pensioners. The Serbian labour market is characterized by low employment and activity rates, particularly for women …
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The memo summarizes the design and use of the IMF's precautionary facilities since their introduction and discusses lessons and potential reform options. In particular, the framework for these facilities should be adjusted to address prolonged use at high access levels.
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This policy brief takes stock of the agreement by Eurozone countries in late June at the European summit. If this agreement survives (which is by no means certain) and is utilised, Eurozone governments will have opened the door to a flexible use of its bailout funds. In contrast to previous...
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