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Do immigrants work in worse jobs than US natives? : evidence from California

Zavodny, Madeline - 2014

In the debate over immigration reform, it is frequently asserted that immigrants take jobs that U.S. natives do not want. Using data from the 2000 Census merged with O*NET data on occupation characteristics, I show that the jobs held by immigrants are more physically arduous than the jobs held...

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The effects of international scrutiny on manufacturing workers: evidence from the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh

Bossavie, Laurent; Cho, Yoonyoung; Heath, Rachel - 2020

After the tragic factory collapse of Rana Plaza in 2013, both the direct reforms and indirect responses of retailers have plausibly affected workers in the Ready Made Garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh. These responses included a minimum wage increase, high profile but voluntary audits, and an...

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Work from/for Home : Recommendations to Ease Post-Pandemic Multiple Burden on Women

Salcedo, Emily Sanchez - 2021

According to a 2019 UN report on women’s progress, women generally spend an average of 4.1 hours/day on unpaid household and care work compared to 1.7 hours/day for men. Such pre-pandemic statistics saw an exponential rise as COVID-19 swept the globe starting in early 2020. The situation is no...

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Mothers' care : reversing early childhood health shocks through parental investments

Bellés-Obrero, Cristina; Cabrales, Antonio; … - 2019

We explore the effects of a child labor regulation that changed the legal working age from 14 to 16 over the health of their offspring. We show that the reform was detrimental for the health of the son's of affected parents at delivery. Yet, in the medium run, the effects of the reform are...

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Reproductive Justice at Work : Employment Law After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Kessler, Laura T. - 2023

In June 2022, in a case called Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, landmark decisions which held that the U.S. Constitution protected a right to abortion prior to fetal viability. The Court's...

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Youth in Tanzania's urbanizing mining settlements : prospecting a mineralized future

Bryceson, Deborah Fahy - 2014

the current and future development of mining. Focusing on Tanzania as typical of the emerging "new mineralizing Africa …

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Sexual harassment in the workplace : despite being illegal, costly, and an affront to dignity, sexual harassment is pervasive and challenging to eliminate

Hersch, Joni - 2015

Workplace sexual harassment is internationally condemned as sex discrimination and a violation of human rights, and more than 75 countries have enacted legislation prohibiting it. Sexual harassment in the workplace increases absenteeism and turnover and lowers workplace productivity and job...

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Gender differences in formal wage employment in urban Tanzania

Opoku, Kwadwo; Mugizi, Francisco M. P.; Boahen, Emmanuel Adu - 2021

This paper uses the latest Tanzania labour force survey-the Integrated Labour Force Survey-and a censored bivariate … Tanzania. Our findings indicate that, compared to men, women are less likely to participate in the labour market and less … likely to get formal wage employment, suggesting the existence of gender bias in the labour market in urban areas of Tanzania …

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Does child labor lead to vulnerable employment in adulthood? : evidence for Tanzania

Burrone, Sara; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 2019

avoid vulnerability. Using the panel data survey for the Kagera region of Tanzania, we select children who were 7 to 15 …

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Improving health and safety in the informal sector : evidence from a randomized trial in Bangladesh

Islam, Asad; Lee, Wang-Sheng; Triyana, Margaret; Xia, Xing - 2023

Workers in small businesses in low- and middle-income countries are exposed to significant risks of occupational accidents and illnesses. A safe and healthy workplace could improve the productivity and sustainability of the business. In this paper, we conduct a randomized controlled trial in...

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