We build a small open economy, real business cycle model with labor market frictions to evaluate the role of employment … significant change in aggregate employment. …

We investigate the micro-level determinants of labor force participation of urban married women in eight low- and … middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to … framework that allows for comparative analyses across time and space. We find that the coefficients of women's characteristics …

We investigate the micro-level determinants of labor force participation of urban married women in eight low- and … middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to … framework that allows for comparative analyses across time and space. We find that the coefficients of women's characteristics …

Rice and wheat are India's staple cereal crops and there is significant regional variation in the suitability to the … the evolution of cultural norms prescribing a domestic role for women in society (Boserup, 1970). This study contends that … women proportional to the local relative, to wheat, suitability to rice cultivation. To distinguish between a cultural …

successfully compete for formal jobs. Specifically, we calculate the returns to education on formal employment for a discriminated …