The goal of this paper is to examine the patterns and movements of the gender pay gaps in the countries of the former …-analysis of this literature. Gender pay gaps in the region are considerable and above the levels observed in advanced economies …. Similar to advanced economies, industrial and occupational segregation widens the gaps in the FSU countries, whereas gender …

This paper evaluates the gender wage gap among wage workers along the wage distribution in Georgia between 2004 and …). We find that the gender wage gap decreases along the wage distribution, from 0.64 log points to 0.54 log points …. Endowment differences explain between 22 percent and 61 percent of the observed gender wage gap, with the explained proportion …

countries and altered the gender balance in a region that counted gender equality as one of the key legacies of its socialist … past. The transition experience of the region has amply demonstrated that the changes in the gender balance triggered by … various dimensions of gender inequalities and their past dynamics in the countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan …

In this working paper, we analyze factors that may explain gender differences in the allocation of time to household … production in sub-Saharan Africa. The study uses time use survey data to analyze the determinants of time spent on household … spent by each spouse is a function of personal and household characteristics. A bivariate Tobit model is used to estimate …

The Great Recession had a devastating impact on labor force participation and employment. This impact was not unlike … unusual pattern of recovery in employment by race. The black employment-population ratio has increased since bottoming out in … 2010, while the white employment-population ratio has remained flat. This paper examines trends in labor force …

The purpose of this study is to explore the employment effects of changes in manufacturing output resulting from … trade with the North, the South and China. We also decompose changes in employment into its component changes within and … across sectors. Our results present a net negative impact of trade on total employment in 30 countries over the period of …

the reduction in gender pay disparity overwhelmed the negative effect of women’s growing share of market work on the wage …, indicating that the aggregate outcome was the net result of distinct sectoral trends in women’s employment. -- Feminization … ; Gender Inequality ; Functional Distribution ; Profitability …

gender-based indices constructed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and suggests alternatives for choice of … variables, functional form, and weights. While the UNDP Gender Inequality Index (GII) conceptually reflects the loss in …, resulting in only the partial capture of gender inequalities. Since the dimensions used for the GII are different from those in …

added worker effect as a household strategy against unemployment shocks under economic crises. Using micro data from … household labor force surveys for the 2004-10 period, we examine the extent to which an unemployment shock to the primary male … earner instigates female members of the household to move from nonparticipant status to labor market participation. ... …

children in the household. This effect is the strongest among the region's middle-income countries. Among men, a negative … relationship between labor force participation and household-specific income shocks is indicated. Unlike the differences in the … response to household-specific income shocks, the labor supply response to a weaker macroeconomic environment is negative for …