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Existence of Structural Disadvantage among socio-religious groups: Is it a reality? An Analysis of Indian Labour Market
DSOUZA, ALWIN; SINGH, SUDERSHAN; RANJAN, RAHUL - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
The labour market in India has been segmented into a formal and informal sector. More than 85% of the labour force is engaged in the informal sector. Since the informal sector does not follow labour laws such as provisions of minimum wage and social security, there is enough scope for...
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African Jobless Growth Morphology:Vulnerabilities and Policy Responses
NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
As by product of economic growth, jobs are indeed transformational. In other words, efficiency increases as workers get better at what they do (as more productive jobs appear and less productive one disappear). In fact societies flourish as jobs bring together people from different ethnic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107833
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The Impact of Gender on Mid-Career Labour Income: The Case of Bulgaria
Stoilova, Rumiana; Simeonova-Ganeva, Ralitsa; Kotzeva, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The impact assessment of education and gender on mid-career labour income in a transitional economy could provide for better understanding of the influence of the labour market dynamics over individuals with different characteristics. Here, we attempt to find an answer to the question: How...
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Smoking behavior in Vietnam: demographic and socioeconomic determinants
cuong, nguyen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Smoking is a leading cause for diseases and death. Information on factors affecting the smoking status is useful for … policies on smoking reduction, especially in developing countries. This paper examines to what extent individuals …’ characteristics can affect the smoking status using a household survey in Vietnam. It is found that gender and age are the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647446
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Maternal prenatal substance use and behavior problems among children in the U.S.
Sen, Bisakha; Swaminathan, Shailender - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Prenatal exposure to smoking and alcohol-use is found to be correlated with various adverse consequences for children … are used to minimize bias from confounding factors. Our results suggest that the relationship between prenatal smoking and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490101
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Growing out of poverty: trends and patterns of urban poverty in China 1988–2002
Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income Project (CHIP) surveys. Poverty incidence curves are plotted, showing that poverty has fallen markedly during the period regardless of the exact location of the poverty line....
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The gender income gap and the influence of family formation reconsidered
Ochsenfeld, Fabian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In her recent study Bobbitt-Zeher (2007) takes on the important task of identifying the contribution of educational factors relative to non-educational factors in the making of the gender income gap among the college-educated and finds that “family formation has virtually no effect on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257839
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Male-Female Labor Market Participation and the Extent of Gender-Based Wage Discrimination in Turkey
Günalp, Burak; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; Acar, Elif Öznur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
A gender differential in wages is considered to be discriminatory if the differential cannot be explained by gender differences in productivity. Numerous studies have been performed to measure the extent of gender wage discrimination in countries across the world, and most report a substantial...
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Romania and the new economy of migration: costs, decision, networks, development
Silasi, Grigore; Simina, Ovidiu Laurian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In some earlier studies, as a response to the media debate during the hot summer of 2006, regarding Romania’s emigration as following the accession to the EU, we were saying that the fear of mass migration from Romania was not justified. Romania is not only a gateway for the East-West...
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Earnings differences between homosexuals and heterosexuals and the effects of anti-discriminatory laws: equal but still unmarried
Christafore, David; Leguizamon, Sebastian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Anti-discrimination laws on the basis of sexual orientation have been adopted by many states to counteract perceived discrimination in the labor market. We �find that relative to married heterosexual men, homosexual men earn less and anti-discriminatory laws, over time, partially lessen this...
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