…included those governing family and medical leave as well as the size of the public social-service sector, which is typically characterized by “‘female friendly’ employment conditions.” Key findings include: The…
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…with current PTSD. We assessed three components of work-related quality of life (employment status, clinician-rated occupational impairment, and self-rated occupational satisfaction) and performed analyses with and without adjusting for self-reported…
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…explained by the peaking optimism of those participating in the women’s movement in the 1970s.” Though there have been “compositional shifts in employment for women,” the data show “neither trend…
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…poverty, especially in environments with few formal employment opportunities. Recent research reveals a number of characteristics of microfinance that can affect its implementation across the continent, including: how the economic…
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…employment patterns are not beneficial for female employees in that occupations in these sectors pay less than do other sectors of the labor market.” Whether or not more women are…
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…child’s online activity might affect their future academic or employment opportunities, with some 44% being “very” concerned about that. Sixty-nine percent of parents of online teens are concerned about how…
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…check.” Increased firm employment (a proxy for growth) reduced the rate of bribe extraction from firms: A 10% increase in a firm’s employment led to a 0.23 percentage point decline…
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…report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the University of Maryland found that “young firms” can create substantial employment — in 2010 alone, 2.3 million jobs. A potential advantage of…
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…is to look at the “prime-age employment ratio,” which is the ratio of employed 25-54 year-olds to the population of that age. In tough economic times, the official unemployment rate…
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…data at the individual level, for both men and women, will facilitate much better analyses by both macroeconomists and microeconomists. While some data, especially on education and employment, are now…
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