This paper surveys gender and ethnic wage gaps in 18 Latin American countries,
decomposing differences using matching comparisons as a non-parametric alternative to …

The aim of this chapter is to demonstrate how gender inequalities in society are perpetuated
and reinforced by market forces in ways that block women's capacity to contribute to more …

This study analyzes the impact of the adoption of agricultural mechanization and its intensity
on the non-farm employment of rural women using the 2016 China Labor-force Dynamics …

Over recent decades, women in Latin America and the Caribbean have increased their labor
force participation faster than in any other region of the world. This evolution occurred in the …

This report:-Assesses the current employment conditions of part-time workers in comparison
with those of comparable full-time workers across a range of countries.-Investigates the …

Employment segregation—the unequal distribution of female and male workers across and
within job types—is often at the heart of gender gaps in job quality, wage and employment …

This paper is the first to examine the implications of switching to PT work for women's
subsequent earnings trajectories, distinguishing by their type of contract: permanent or fixed …

Growth is inclusive when it ensures livelihood opportunities for all sections of the population.
An inclusive growth agenda is thus concerned not only with the quantity of employment but …

Objectives To assess the relationship between paid work, family characteristics and health
status in Central American workers; and to examine whether patterns of association differ by …

By exploiting recent advances in mixed (stochastic parameter) ordered probit estimators and
a unique longitudinal dataset from Ghana, this paper examines the distribution of subjective …