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Trade liberalization and gender inequality : can free-trade policies help to reduce gender inequalities in employment and wages?
Pieters, Janneke - 2015
Women consistently work less in the labor market and earn lower wages than men. While economic empowerment of women is an important objective in itself, women's economic activity also matters as a condition for sustained economic growth. The political debate on the labor market impacts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011427672
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Trade liberalization and gender inequality : can free-trade policies help to reduce gender inequalities in employment and wages?
Pieters, Janneke - 2018 - Version 2
Women consistently work less in the labor market and earn lower wages than men. While economic empowerment of women is an important objective in itself, women's economic activity also matters as a condition for sustained economic growth. The political debate on the labor market impacts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011934130
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Improving employment and earnings in 21st century labor markets : an introduction
Groshen, Erica L.; Holzer, Harry J. - 2019
What are the prospects for improving the lot of US workers in the 21st century? This introduction to the topic examines the most important US labor market trends of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, considers their causes and likely future trends; and then explores policies that might...
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Should the earned income tax credit rise for childless adults? : the earned income tax credit raises income and work incentives among low-income parents but little goes to adults w...
Holzer, Harry J. - 2015
wages and employment rates have been declining for years and who might benefit substantially from expanded eligibility for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433506
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Should the earned income tax credit rise for childless adults? : the earned income tax credit raises income and work incentives among low-income parents but little goes to adults w...
Holzer, Harry J. - 2023
The earned income tax credit provides important benefits to low-income families with children. At substantial costs (over $70 billion to the US federal government), it increases the incomes of such families while encouraging parents to work more by subsidizing their incomes. But low-income...
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Youth Employment in Developing Countries : Background paper prepared under Service Contract DCI-EDUC/2012/310-255
Pieters, Janneke - 2013
The aim of this paper is to identify the key challenges in relation to youth employment in developing countries and … provide recommendations on how EU development cooperation could support the youth employment agenda. It starts with a general … discussion of the main reasons why youth employment challenges matter for development and a comprehensive description of common …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011799530
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Push or pull? : drivers of female labor force participation during India's economic boom
Klasen, Stephan; Pieters, Janneke - 2012
, showing a much more nuanced picture of female labor force participation than one might expect. Recent trends in employment and … factors drawing women into the labor force at attractive employment and pay conditions. This affects, by 2004, only a small …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533351
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The Gendered Labor Market Impacts of Trade Liberalization : Evidence from Brazil
Gaddis, Isis - 2014
force participation and employment rates, but the effects on men were significantly larger. Thereby, tariff reductions … contributed to gender convergence in labor force participation and employment rates. Gender differences are concentrated among the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396376
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What explains the stagnation of female labor force participation in urban India?
Klasen, Stephan; Pieters, Janneke - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513505
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Mittelfristige Beschäftigungsprognose ; Teilbericht Burgenland
Putz, Sabine; Eickhoff, Volker; Fink, Martina; Horvath, … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010514137