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158 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17295
50 Years of Breakthroughs and Barriers: Women in Economics, Policy, and Leadership
Francine D. Blau, Lisa M. Lynch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17250
The Cultural Role of Rice Cultivation in Female Workforce Participation in India
Gautam Hazarika
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17219
Closing the Gender Gap: Promoting Labour Market Participation
Jorgen M. Harris, Eleonora Patacchini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17163
Empowerment or Indoctrination? Female Training Programs under Dictatorship
Felipe González, Mounu Prem, Cristine von Dessauer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17106
Employment Booms and Infant Health: Evidence from the Ready-Made Garment Sector in Bangladesh
Mahima Vasishth
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17103
Gender Gaps across the Spectrum of Development: Local Talent and Firm Productivity
Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera, Virginia Minni, Víctor Quintas-Martínez
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17060
Extraordinary Labor Market Developments and the 2022-23 Disinflation
Steven J. Davis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17001
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Female Labor Force Participation in Iran
Hai-Anh Dang, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Minh N.N. Do
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17001
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Female Labor Force Participation in Iran
Hai-Anh Dang, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Minh N.N. Do
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16973
The Economic Consequences of Being Widowed by War: A Life-Cycle Perspective
Sebastian Till Braun, Jan Stuhler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16878
Life-Cycle Worker Flows and Cross-Country Differences in Aggregate Employment
Jonathan Créchet, Etienne Lalé, Linas Tarasonis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16722
Assessing Labor Market Conditions in Canada with Public-Use Microdata
Etienne Lalé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16624
Can Workforce Development Help Us Reach Full Employment?
Harry J. Holzer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16565
Understanding the Impacts of Paid Maternity Leave on Women's Labor Market Outcomes
Lillian Bates, Oliver Hall, Pamela Jakiela
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16148
Husbands' Wages and Married Women's Labor Supply in Urban China
Mengbing Zhu, Yi Li, Chunbing Xing
published in: China Economic Review, 2023, 82, 102609.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16006
Social Norms and Female Labor Force Participation in Bangladesh: The Role of Social Expectations and Reference Networks
Luna Bellani, Kumar Biswas, Sebastian Fehrler, Paul Marx, Shwetlena Sabarwal, Syed Rashed Al-Zayed Josh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15847
Towing Norms through the American Dream
Pavel Jelnov
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15825
Human Capital and Self-Employment in India: An Empirical Analysis for Different Cohorts
Nabamita Dutta, Saibal Kar, Shaswata Ray
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15789
Culture and the Labor Supply of Female Immigrants
Julia Bredtmann, Sebastian Otten
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2023, 61 (2), 282-300
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15644
Long Social Distancing
José María Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15390
Combining Survey and Geospatial Data Can Significantly Improve Gender-Disaggregated Estimates of Labor Market Outcomes
Joshua D. Merfeld, David Newhouse, Michael Weber, Partha Lahiri
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15258
The Distribution of the Gender Wage Gap: An Equilibrium Model
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Manuel Fernandez Sierra, Fan Wang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15162
The Occupations of Free Women and Substitution with Enslaved Workers in the Antebellum United States
Barry R. Chiswick, RaeAnn Halenda Robinson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15152
A Tale of Parallel Processes of Gender (In-)Equality: How Big Is the Glass Ceilings for MENA Women?
Ömer Tuğsal Doruk, Francesco Pastore
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15058
Universal Basic Income: Inspecting the Mechanisms
Nir Jaimovich, Itay Saporta-Eksten, Ofer Setty, Yaniv Yedid-Levi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15029
Women in Paid Employment: A Role for Public Policies and Social Norms in Guatemala
Rita K. Almeida, Mariana Viollaz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14908
Reforms of an Early Retirement Pathway in Germany and Their Labor Market Effects
Regina T. Riphahn, Rebecca Schrader
published in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2023, 22(3), 304-330.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14720
Mobile Broadband Internet, Poverty and Labor Outcomes in Tanzania
Kalvin Bahia, Pau Castells, Genaro Cruz, Takaaki Masaki, Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Viviane Sanfelice
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14711
COVID-19 and the Employment Gender Gap
Taiyo Fukai, Masato Ikeda, Daiji Kawaguchi, Shintaro Yamaguchi
published as 'COVID-19 and the employment gender gap in Japan' in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2023, 68, 101256.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14449
Women at Work in the United States since 1860: An Analysis of Unreported Family Workers
Barry R. Chiswick, RaeAnn Halenda Robinson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14408
Mothers' Caregiving during COVID: The Impact of Divorce Laws and Homeownership on Women's Labor Force Status
Cynthia Bansak, Shoshana Grossbard, Crystal (Ho Po) Wong
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14218
Trends and Determinants of Female Labor Force Participation in Morocco: An Initial Exploratory Analysis
Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Florencia Devoto, Matias Morales, Jaime Alfonso Roche Rodriguez
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14186
Gender Gaps in Latin American Labor Markets: Implications from an Estimated Search Model
Mauricio Tejada, Claudia Piras, Luca Flabbi, Monserrat Bustelo
published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 142, 2021, 111-178
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14017
The Recovery from the Great Recession: A Long, Evolving Expansion
Jay C. Shambaugh, Michael R. Strain
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13814
Female Labor Force Participation in Five Selected Mena Countries: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia)
Moundir Lassassi, Aysit Tansel
substantially revised version published as 'Female Labor Force Participation in Egypt and Palestine: An Age-Period- Cohort Analysis' in: Review of Development Economics, 2022, 26 (4), 1997-2020.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13533
The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Role Attitudes: Evidence from Immigrant Mothers-In-Law
Julia Bredtmann, Lisa Sofie Höckel, Sebastian Otten
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 179, 101-115
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13425
Labour Force Participation and Job Polarization: Evidence from Europe during the Great Recession
Gregory Verdugo, Guillaume Allègre
published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 66, 101881
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13424
Women at Work in the Pre-Civil War United States: An Analysis of Unreported Family Workers
Barry R. Chiswick, RaeAnn Halenda Robinson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13404
Changes in Female Employment in Mexico: Demographics, Economics, and Policies
Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Samuel Freije-Rodriguez, Mexico Alberto Vergara Bahena, Diego Cardozo Medeiros
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13382
Marginal College Wage Premiums under Selection into Employment
Matthias Westphal, Daniel A. Kamhöfer, Hendrik Schmitz
published in: Economic Journal, 2022, 132 (646), 2231 - 2272
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13294
Unemployment Paths in a Pandemic Economy
Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, Robert G. Valletta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13239
The Accumulation of Human and Market Capital in the United States: The Long View, 1948–2013
Barbara M. Fraumeni, Michael S. Christian, Jon D. Samuels
forthcoming in: Barbara M. Fraumeni (Ed.), Human Capital Measurement, Academic Press.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13126
Gendered Language
Pamela Jakiela, Owen Ozier
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12956
Analyzing Female Employment Trends in South Asia
Fatima Najeeb, Matias Morales, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12955
The Relationship between Female Labor Force Participation and Violent Conflicts in South Asia
Raymond Robertson, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Matias Morales
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12913
The Macroeconomics of Automation: Data, Theory, and Policy Analysis
Nir Jaimovich, Itay Saporta-Eksten, Henry E. Siu, Yaniv Yedid-Levi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12844
Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey: A Synthetic Cohort (Panel) Analysis, 1988-2013
Insan Tunali, Murat Güray Kirdar, Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur
published as 'Down and up the 'U' - A synthetic cohort (panel) analysis of female labor force participation in Turkey, 1988-2013' in: World Development, 2021, 146, 105609
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12842
Medicaid Expansion and the Unemployed
Thomas C. Buchmueller, Helen Levy, Robert G. Valletta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12776
Improving Employment and Earnings in 21st Century Labor Markets: An Introduction
Erica L. Groshen, Harry J. Holzer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12702
You’re the One That I Want! Public Employment and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes
Pedro Maia Gomes, Zoë Kuehn
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