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Languages use different systems for classifying nouns. Gender languages assign many-sometimes all-nouns to distinct sex-based categories, masculine and feminine. Drawing on a broad range of historical and linguistic sources, this paper constructs a measure of the proportion of each country's...
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, the determinants and dynamics of individuals' participation in off-farm employment activities have not received adequate … individual-level off-farm (wage and self) employment participation rates; analyzes the extent and drivers of entry into off …-farm employment and continued employment; and conducts the analysis by gender and rural/urban location. A significant share of the …
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Do women in Jordan want to work? How do men feel about working women in their family? To what extent do personal beliefs and societal expectations influence a woman's decision to work and why should this matter in development interventions? The Jordanian government and development partners have...
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Employment segregation-the unequal distribution of female and male workers across and within jobtypes-is often at the … heart of gender gaps in job quality, wage and employment trajectories. Employment segregation carries important costs for … increasing proportion of households in which women are the primary bread earners. Nevertheless, employment segregation appears to …
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differ by gender; this is done using firm-level data to examine the drivers of firm performance and employment growth. The … relating to work status, sector of employment and earnings, inter alia. Section 4 considers the gender composition of labor …
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independent analyses on mobility and employment in urban transport for the Kenyan capital context. Its findings are presented in … two volumes. Volume 1 presents Mobility and Volume presents Employment …
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This study aims to improve the understanding of the barriers and enabling factors determining the demand for childcare in Mexico City. The study is based on focus group discussions and individual in-depth interviews with mothers and fathers (married or living in a union) of children ages zero to...
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change was to narrow the definition of employment to work for pay or profit. By the revised standards, farming that is only … or mainly intended for own use is no longer considered employment, and such a farmer is no longer considered to be … employed or in the labor force. This paper analyzes the implications of the revised standards on measures of employment in Sub …
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middle class overall, men and women will report a lack of education and appropriate skills as barriers to both employment and …
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