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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...

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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

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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 …

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Österreich 2025: Entwicklung der Erwerbsbeteilung bis 2030 unter Berücksichtigung von Änderungen des Bildungsverhaltens und rezenter Pensionsreformen : ein Update

Horvath, Gerard Thomas; Mahringer, Helmut - Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2016

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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 …

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Globalization and social change : gender-specific effects of trade liberalization in Indonesia

Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Pieters, Janneke; Sparrow, Robert - 2017

We analyse the gender-specific effects of trade liberalization on work participation and hours of work and primary participation in domestic duties in Indonesia. We show that female work participation increased in relative terms in regions that were more exposed to input tariff reductions,...

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