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Evaluating Role Of Household And Individual Characteristics On Femlae Labor Force Participation: Case Of Mgnrega, Anisha Jain

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This paper evaluates the role of household and individual characteristics on labor force participation to get insights into female labor force participation in India. In addition, the paper evaluates the role of household and individual characteristics in estimating the likelihood of employment in government jobs, permanent jobs, and MGNREGA jobs. The household characteristics that this paper focuses on include the number of elders in the family, children and teens in the household, literacy in the household, household income, and income from other sources. The individual characteristics that this paper focuses on include relation to the head, gender, age and marital …

Labor Heterogeneity, Labor Adjustment Costs, And Externally Financed Firm Growth, Enxi An, Kenneth Yung

Finance Faculty Publications

Highlights

• Because skilled workers entail higher hiring and firing expenses, firms tend to retain skilled workers in the face of the high labor adjustment costs (LACs).

• The retention of skilled workers imposes inflexibility on business operations and exposes firms to cash flow shocks.

• Firms with high LACs hoard precautionary cash in the face of higher cash flow risk.

• We find a positive relationship between LACs and externally financed firm growth.

• Equity is the major source of external funds for firm growth in the face of high LACs.

• The retention of skilled workers elevates conflicts …

Young Women In Cities: Urbanization And Gender-Biased Migration, Yumi Koh, Li Jing, Yifan Wu, Junjian Yi, Hanzhe Zhang

Research Collection School Of Economics

Young women outnumber young men in cities in many countries during periods of economic growth and urbanization. This gender imbalance among young urbanites is more pronounced in larger cities. We use the gradual rollout of Special Economic Zones across China as a quasi-experiment to establish the causal impact of urbanization on gender-differentiated incentives to migrate. We highlight the role of the marriage market in increasing rural women’s chance of marrying and marrying up in urban areas during rapid urbanization.