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The Effect Of The 2014-17 Refugee Crisis On The Sicilian Labor Market, Tamara Planer
The Effect Of The 2014-17 Refugee Crisis On The Sicilian Labor Market, Tamara Planer
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This paper analyzes the effects of the 2014-17 migration crisis on the Sicilian labor market. I find that low-skilled Italian men experienced declines in employment and workforce participation, and both low-skilled Italian men and women experienced increases in duration of non-employment. The effects on salaries were modest and largely insignificant.
Women's Work And Economic Development, Kristin Mammen, Christina Paxson
Women's Work And Economic Development, Kristin Mammen, Christina Paxson
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Using a cross-country dataset and microdata from India and Thailand, we examine how women's work status changes with economic development. Several clear patterns emerge: women's labor force participation first declines and then rises with development; women move from work in family enterprises to work as paid employees; fertility declines; and gender gaps in education narrow. Women's education levels, and those of their spouses, appear to be important determinants of women's labor market activities. Broad welfare indicators, such as mortality rates and education levels, indicate that women's well-being improves on average with development, both in absolute terms and relative to men.