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Does disability discourage? An empirical analysis of the disabled labour force in Italy
Addabbo, Tindara; Krishnakumar, Jaya; Sarti, Elena - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2012
This paper is an empirical study on the work opportunities of people with disability using Italian data collected … disability. Women are more discouraged by disability compared to men. For the disabled, intellectual disability is the strongest … disability affects both labour force participation decision and the ability to be employed but not so much the choice between …
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Age, occupations, and opportunities for older workers in Germany
Henseke, Golo; Tivig, Thusnelda - 2008
Improvement of the labor market situation for the elderly is a declared target in the EU. In this study we derive a model of occupational age structure, its determinants and their impact on employment and re-employment opportunities for older workers. The empirical analysis is based on data from...
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Working less to take care of parents? : labor market effects of family long-term care in Four Latin American countries
Stampini, Marco; Oliveri, María Laura; Ibarrarán, Pablo; … - 2020
We provide causal evidence that children's school schedules contribute to the persistence of the gender pay gap between parents. Historically, French children have had no school on Wednesdays. In 2013, a reform reallocated some classes to Wednesday mornings. Exploiting variations in the...
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Working less to take care of parents? : labor market effects of family long-term care in Latin America
Stampini, Marco; Oliveri, María Laura; Ibarrarán, Pablo; … - 2020
We use data from time-use surveys and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) to analyze the relationship between the need to provide family long-term care (LTC) and womens labor supply in four Latin American countries. Descriptive analysis of time-use survey data from Chile, Colombia, Costa...
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Participation Rate and Labour Force Growth in Canada
Sims, Harvey; Ciuriak, Dan - 2010
This paper analyzes the determinants of participation rate movements in Canada from the early 1950s through the 1970s, with a particular focus on the socio-economic determinants of the changing labour force attachment of successive cohorts of adult men and women and young persons, and develops...
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Are Low-Skill Women Being Left Behind? Labor Market Evidence from the UK
Dabla-Norris, Era; Pizzinelli, Carlo; Rappaport, Jay - 2022
Labor markets in the UK have been characterized by markedly widening wage inequality for lowskill (non-college) women, a trend that predates the pandemic. We examine the contribution of job polarization to this trend by estimating age, period, and cohort effects for the likelihood of employment...
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Better jobs and incomes in Bulgaria
Molnar, Margit - 2023
The shrinking number of workers due to smaller young cohorts entering the labour market and large-scale outward migration are undermining Bulgaria’s growth prospects, the sustainability of its social institutions and society more widely. Bulgaria needs to provide more support for families and...
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Working Less to Take Care of Parents? Labor Market Effects of Family Long-Term Care in Four Latin American Countries
Stampini, Marco; Oliveri, Maria; Ibarraran, Pablo; … - 2021
We use data from time-use surveys and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) to analyze the relationship between family long-term care (LTC) and female labor supply in four Latin American countries. Time-use survey data from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico shows that: (i) women provide...
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Fair Labor Association
Camilleri, Mark Anthony - 2021
The Fair Labor Association (FLA) is a non-profit collaborative effort of universities, civil society organisations and socially-responsible companies. FLA promotes adherence to international and national labour laws as this non-governmental organisation advocates for greater accountability and...
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Disability and Work: Empirical Evidence from Italy
Addabbo, Tindara; Krishnakumar, Jaya; Sarti, Elena - In: Disadvantaged Workers
This essay is an empirical study of the working conditions of people with disability using Italian microdata collected …, allowing us to consider various conversion factors including those associated with different types of disability for explaining … placement of disabled people. We find that the impact of disability is different according to the type of disability. Among the …
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