Since the 1959 revolution, the Cuban state has committed to women's empowerment and enacted a series of laws and policies to promote women's equal and active participation in all spheres of life. Sources agree that Cuba has made remarkable progress towards women's economic empowerment and gender...

This paper is intended to show the strengths, weaknesses and potential complementarities of different methodological approaches to impact assessment. It reports on the approach and findings reported by a randomized control trial of BRAC's Targeting the Ultra-Poor programme, directed towards...

This paper - elaborated in the framework of the international SEEMIG project - aims to analyse specific development paths as regards migratory, labour market, human capital and demographic processes and patterns in Hungary. The objective is to offer a review of migration processes, labour market...

Die Integration von Migrant*innen und Geflüchteten ist nach wie vor von vielen Herausforderungen geprägt, auch wenn das Thema derzeit etwas in den Hintergrund der öffentlichen Diskussion gerückt ist. Ein umfassender geschlechtsspezifischer Integrationsansatz liegt aktuell allerdings nicht...

Die sozialen Sicherungssysteme müssen reformiert werden, damit sie im demografischen Wandel finanzierbar bleiben. Es gilt, das Erwerbspersonenpotenzial auf dem Arbeitsmarkt besser auszuschöpfen. Durch eine Verbesserung der Kindertagesbetreuung und den Umbau des Ehegattensplittings sollte die...

I analyse about 160 estimates of the relationship between female migrants' labour force participation and ancestry culture, integrating studies from economics and sociology that were previously unconnected. The literature exhibits large heterogeneity in results that is only partly explained by...

Women remain underrepresented in most transport-related industries, with only 17% female employees on average across a sample of 46 countries. Both attracting and retaining them remains a challenge for governments and the private sector. This study provides an in-depth analysis of the...

Das Splittingverfahren dient dazu, horizontale Steuergerechtigkeit zu schaffen. Es wird gezeigt, dass das Splittingverfahren selbst nicht Ursache für die Zurückhaltung von Frauen am Arbeitsmarkt ist. Mit diesem Verfahren bleibt der Gesetzgeber neutral gegenüber den privaten Entscheidungen von...

We study whether and how early labor market choices determine longer-run career versus family outcomes differentially for male and female professionals. We analyze the physician labor market by exploiting a randomized lottery that determines the sorting of Danish physicians into internships...