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regulation on employment at the store level. We find that stricter labor regulation has a strong negative effect on employment …. Our estimates show that labor reforms are likely to increase employment by 22 percent of the current level for an average …
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Despite a policy consensus that closing gender employment gaps will boost economic growth, relatively little is known … about the size of these gains in many developing countries. This paper develops a new Gender Employment Gap Index (GEGI …), which is equal to the size of long-run GDP per capita gains from closing gender employment gaps. The GEGI is simple and …
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This study evaluates the impact of an Italian government initiative launched in 2007, which allocated €1 billion to regional governments to enhance early childhood care services for children aged 0-2, targeting both public and private childcare options. Exploiting variations in the timing of...
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Relying on a reform that increased parental leave generosity, we estimate workplace peer effects in the use of leave, with a focus on fathers. Coworker fathers are more likely to take parental leave when exposed to a higher share of peer fathers, who are exogenously affected by the reform. This...
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The gender pension gap, the difference in pension entitlements between men and women, is 32 percent for 60-yearolds according to data from the German Pension Insurance (Deutsche Rentenversicherung). In addition, there is a considerable motherhood pension gap: Statutory pension entitlements for...
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, we find that gains in education, health, and geographic mobility largely persisted, while employment and income benefits …
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