This note examines the factors behind global employment gender gaps, highlighting labor force participation (LFP) rates … as a key contributor. Analysis of 2022 data shows most countries have higher employment for men than for women, driven …

This study examines the determinants of female labour force participation (FLFP) and female wage employment (FWE) of … employment, including education, household wealth, motherhood, and male breadwinner norms. While higher education consistently … enhances FLFP and FWE, motherhood negatively affects wage employment more persistently than labour force participation …

outcomes in the labour market, minority outcomes are much less understood in China. Information on minority employment in China …

and female earnings equations yields no significant decline in the conditional wage gap, regardless of whether we correct … for selection into the labour force and employment or not. Notwithstanding this, the data appear to reveal a decline in …

In the last decade, Argentina has experienced a considerable decline in informal employment and wage dispersion. This … show that higher severance pay and minimum wages increase informality and that the introduction of unemployment assistance …

no real effect. If the fine is collected and kept by the government, it shifts employment away from the workers it seeks … to help, to others, depressing the total employment. In contrast, levying a tax on the favored workers effectively curbs … employment. …

analysis shows that after the EITC expansion, single women of either race experienced a considerable increase in employment and …