We study the surprisingly low level and stagnation of female labor force participation rates in urban India between … demand side, employment in sectors appropriate for educated women grew less than the supply of educated workers, leading many …

We study the surprisingly low level and stagnation of female labor force participation rates in urban India between … demand side, employment in sectors appropriate for educated women grew less than the supply of educated workers, leading many …

We examine whether the COVID-19 crisis affects women and men differently in terms of employment, working hours and … as others, irrespective of gender and spousal employment. Third, single-parent essential workers experience relatively …

-age women's labour supply decisions in India, where female labour force participation continues to decline over time. We find …'s labour force participation is mostly in flexible employment, e.g. self-employment and agricultural and non-agricultural wage … employment, and is particularly evident for poorer households. …

employment and earnings of women, there is little evidence focusing on the post-communist region. This paper exploits the latest … family and female employment in Mongolia in 2016. We examine the availability of childcare, social norms and attitudes … probability of female employment relative to women with no small children. In particular, women with two children aged one to six …

We examine whether the COVID-19 crisis affects women and men differently in terms of employment, working hours and …, irrespective of gender and spousal employment. Third, singleparent essential workers experience relatively large negative labour …

use life history data from West Germany to show that war widowhood increased women's employment immediately after World … War II but led to lower employment rates later in life. War widows, therefore, carried a double burden of employment and …

employment and earnings of women, there is little evidence focusing on the post-communist region. This paper exploits the latest … employment in Mongolia in 2016. We examine the availability of childcare, social norms and attitudes towards women, as well as … household decision-making as potential explanations. We find that small children decrease the probability of female employment …