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Mar 19, 2024 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Buchmann, Nina C.; Sullivan, Colin D.; Meyer, Carl, 2024, "G²LM|LIC - Paternalistic Discrimination", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.807.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1
The study combines field experiments in Bangladesh with a structural labormodel to introduce paternalistic discrimination. This discrimination involves the differential treatment of two groups to protect one, even against its will, from harmful or unpleasant situations. The main... |
Mar 19, 2024 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Bryan, Gharad; Franklin, Simon; Abebe, Girum, 2024, "G²LM|LIC - Urban Density and Labor Markets", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.409.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1
Many of the world‘s poorest people live and work in dense informal settlements in Africa’s growing megacities. These communities have both positives and negatives. On one side, settlements, often located in central areas, provide workers with access to geographically proximate jo... |
Mar 9, 2024 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Donald, Aletheia; Grosset, Florian, 2024, "G²LM|LIC - Labor Supply Complementarities in Urban Côte d‘Ivoire", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.677.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
This data examines complementarities in labor supply: to what extent does a person’s desire to work at a firm depend on whether others in her social network also work at the firm? The researchers conducted two field experiments in urban Côte d’Ivoire. In the first experiment, job... |
Mar 5, 2024 - IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Australian National University (ANU); Beijing Normal University; Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), 2024, "Longitudinal Survey on Rural Urban Migration in China", https://doi.org/10.15185/izadp.7680.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V3
The Longitudinal Survey on Rural Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) consists of three parts: the Urban Household Survey, the Rural Household Survey and the Migrant Household Survey. It was initiated by a group of researchers at the Australian National University, the University of... |
Jan 8, 2024 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Crepon, Bruno; Crafft, Caroline; Caria, Stefano; Abdelrahman, Nagy, 2024, "G²LM|LIC - The Impact of Subsidized Access to Nurseries and Employment Services on Mothers’ Labor Market Outcomes and Child Development in Egypt", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.596.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
There are three main explanations as to why female labor force participation, globally, remains low: (1) women’s high opportunity cost of time (2) weak labor demand and (3) restrictive gender norms. The research team will test aspects of all three constraints on FLFP in a low-inc... |
