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The relationship between female labor force participation and violent conflicts in South Asia
Robertson, Raymond; López Acevedo, Gladys; Morales, Matías - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012230848
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The Relationship between Female Labor Force Participation and Violent Conflicts in South Asia
Robertson, Raymond; Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys; Morales, Matias - 2020
the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) to estimate the relationship between terrorist attacks and female labor supply. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180148
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Analyzing female employment trends in South Asia
Najeeb, Fatima; Morales, Matías; López Acevedo, Gladys - 2020
This paper studies employment patterns and trends in South Asia to shed light on determinants of extremely low female … employment rates in the region. After a comprehensive literature review, we use employment data from about one hundred censuses … and surveys from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to compare employment trends …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012169460
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The Relationship between Female Labor Force Participation and Violent Conflicts in South Asia
Robertson, Raymond - 2020
the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) to estimate the relationship between terrorist attacks and female labor supply. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012840907
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Analyzing Female Employment Trends in South Asia
Najeeb, Fatima - 2020
This paper studies employment patterns and trends in South Asia to shed light on determinants of extremely low female … employment rates in the region. After a comprehensive literature review, we use employment data from about one hundred censuses … and surveys from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to compare employment trends …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012840906
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Religious terrorism, forced migration, and women's empowerment : evidence from the Boko Haram insurgency
Elice, Paola; Martinez Flores, Fernanda; Reichert, Arndt R. - 2023
We examine the link between violent attacks of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, forced migration, and the empowerment of women in host communities. We find positive effects of distant attacks on the economic well-being of women, their use of modern contraceptive methods, and rejection of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014384355
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Military intervention via drone strikes
Mahmood, Rafat; Jetter, Michael - 2019
We study the 420 US drone strikes in Pakistan from 2006-2016, isolating causal effects on terrorism, anti-US sentiment …, and radicalization via an instrumental variable strategy based on wind. Drone strikes are suggested to encourage terrorism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005283
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The Economic Costs of Conflict : Ukraine, 2014-20
McCannon, Bryan C. - 2022
I estimate the impact of conflict in Ukraine between 2014 and 2020. I use the Synthetic Control Method to estimate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083433
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Youth labor force participation, education, and human capital in Asia, by gender, 1990-2019
Fraumeni, Barbara M. - 2023
region in the World. Expected future levels of education, very young and youth population, youth employment and unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014334973
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Female labour force participation in Arab countries : the role of identity
Caris, Tobias; Hayo, Bernd - 2012 - This version: 30 August 2012
We investigate why female labour market participation is low in the Arab region. Utilising Akerlof and Kranton's (2000) "identity economics" approach, we show in a simple gametheoretic framework that women socialised in a traditional family environment violate their identities by taking a job....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009583637