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101 publications found, searching for 'Gender Equality and the Economy '

• Working Paper No. 785
  January 21, 2014

  Integrating Time in Public Policy

  Lekha S. Chakraborty
  Abstract

  Incorporating time in public policymaking is an elusive area of research. Despite the fact that gender budgeting is emerging as a significant tool to analyze the socioeconomic impacts of fiscal…more

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• One-Pager No. 45
  January 13, 2014

  Έλλειμμα χρόνου και κρυφή φτώχεια στην Κορέα

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  Τα επίσημα ποσοστά φτώχειας στην Κορέα και σε άλλες χώρες αγνοούν το γεγονός ότι η άμισθη παραγωγή των νοικοκυριών συμβάλλει στην εκπλήρωση των υλικών αναγκών και των επιθυμιών που είναι…more

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• One-Pager No. 45
  January 13, 2014

  Time Deficits and Hidden Poverty in Korea

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  Official poverty lines in Korea and other countries ignore the fact that unpaid household production contributes to the fulfillment of material needs and wants that are essential to attaining a…more

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• Book Series
  December 17, 2013

  Gender Perspectives and Gender Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  With the full effects of the Great Recession still unfolding, this collection of essays analyzes the gendered economic impacts of the crisis. The volume, from an international set of contributors,…more

• Working Paper No. 768
  July 02, 2013

  Evaluating the Gender Wage Gap in Georgia, 2004–2011

  Tamar Khitarishvili
  Abstract

  This paper evaluates the gender wage gap among wage workers along the wage distribution in Georgia between 2004 and 2011, based on the recentered influence function (RIF) decomposition approach developed…more

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• Working Paper No. 765
  May 14, 2013

  The Economic Crisis of 2008 and the Added Worker Effect in Transition Countries

  Tamar Khitarishvili
  Abstract

  Following the financial crisis of 2008, transition countries—the economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union—experienced an increase in female labor force participation rates and a decrease…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 128
  April 20, 2013

  From Safety Nets to Economic Empowerment

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  Social protection systems comprise public policies designed to prevent or alleviate economic insecurity and poverty. Throughout the developing world, social protection strategies and the dialogue surrounding them have recently been…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 128
  April 20, 2013

  Από τα δίχτυα ασφαλείας στην οικονομική ενδυνάμωση

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  Τα προγράμματα κοινωνικής προστασίας περιλαμβάνουν δημόσιες πολιτικές που είναι σχεδιασμένες για να εμποδίσουν ή να απαλείψουν την ανασφάλεια και τη φτώχεια. Σε όλο τον αναπτυσσόμενο κόσμο, οι στρατηγικές κοινωνικής προστασίας…more

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• Working Paper No. 757
  March 11, 2013

  Expanding Social Protection in Developing Countries

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  This paper discusses social protection initiatives in the context of developing countries and explores the opportunities they present for promoting a gender-equality agenda and women’s empowerment. The paper begins with…more

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• Working Paper No. 756
  February 14, 2013

  Long-Term Benefits from Temporary Migration

  Sanjaya DeSilva
  Abstract

  Utilizing a nationally representative sample of households from Sri Lanka, this study examines gender differences in the long-term impact of temporary labor migration. We use a propensity score matching (PSM)…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 126
  November 06, 2012

  It's About "Time"

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  We cannot adequately assess how much or how little progress we have made in addressing the condition of the most vulnerable in our societies, or provide accurate guidance to policymakers…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 126
  November 06, 2012

  Εργασία, οικιακή παραγωγή και χρονικές απαιτήσεις

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  Δεν μπορούμε να εκτιμήσουμε επαρκώς πόση πολύ ή πόση λίγη πρόοδος έχει γίνει για την αντιμετώπιση της κατάστασης των πιο ευάλωτων στις κοινωνίες μας, ή να παρέχουμε σωστή καθοδήγηση στους…more

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• One-Pager No. 34
  October 04, 2012

  Uncovering the Hidden Poor

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  Standard poverty measurements assume that all households and individuals have enough time to engage in the unpaid cooking, cleaning, and caregiving that are essential to attaining a bare-bones standard of…more

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• One-Pager No. 34
  October 04, 2012

  Αποκαλύπτοντας τους αόρατους φτωχούς

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  Τα τυπικά πρότυπα για τη μέτρηση της φτώχειας υποθέτουν ότι όλα τα νοικοκυριά και τα άτομα διαθέτουν αρκετό χρόνο για να ασχοληθούν επαρκώς με τις ανάγκες των μελών του νοικοκυριού…more

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• Research Project Report
  August 16, 2012

  Why Time Deficits Matter

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  Customarily, income poverty incidence is judged by the ability of individuals and households to gain access to some level of minimum income based on the premise that such access ensures…more

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• Working Paper No. 727
  July 05, 2012

  Simulations of Full-Time Employment and Household Work in the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico

  Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  The method for simulation of labor market participation used in the LIMTIP models for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico is described. In each case, all eligible adults not working full-time were…more

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• Working Paper No. 726
  June 11, 2012

  Time Use of Mothers and Fathers in Hard Times

  Günseli Berik and Ebru Kongar
  Abstract

  The recession precipitated by the US financial crisis of 2007 accelerated the convergence of women’s and men’s employment rates, as men experienced disproportionate job losses and women’s entry into the…more

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• Working Paper No. 696
  November 07, 2011

  Time Use of Mothers and Fathers in Hard Times and Better Times

  Günseli Berik and Ebru Kongar
  Abstract

  The US economic crisis and recession of 2007–09 accelerated the convergence of women’s and men’s employment rates as men experienced disproportionate job losses and women’s entry into the labor force…more

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• Working Paper No. 692
  October 12, 2011

  Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the Development of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico

  Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  The quality of match of three statistical matches used in the LIMTIP estimates for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico is described. The first match combines the 2005 Uso del Tiempo (UT…more

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• Working Paper No. 691
  October 12, 2011

  Unpaid and Paid Care

  Rania Antonopoulos and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  Transforming care for children and the elderly from a private to a public domain engenders a series of benefits to the economy that improve our standard of living. We assess…more

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• Working Paper No. 690
  October 05, 2011

  The Measurement of Time and Income Poverty

  Ajit Zacharias
  Abstract

  Official poverty thresholds are based on the implicit assumption that the household with poverty-level income possesses sufficient time for household production to enable it to reproduce itself as a unit….more

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• Working Paper No. 686
  September 21, 2011

  Estimating the Impact of the Recent Economic Crisis on Work Time in Turkey

  Emel Memiş and S. A. Kaya Bahçe
  Abstract

  This paper provides estimates of the impact of the recent economic crisis on paid and unpaid work time in Turkey. The data used in this study come from the first…more

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• One-Pager No. 11
  August 05, 2011

  Investing in Social Care Delivery

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  There is little mystery to explaining our current high levels of unemployment. The Bureau of Economic Analysis recently revised its figures on GDP growth, and revealed that not only was…more

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• Working Paper No. 671
  May 19, 2011

  Public Job-creation Programs: The Economic Benefits of Investing in Social Care

  Rania Antonopoulos and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  This paper demonstrates the strong impacts that public job creation in social care provisioning has on employment creation. Furthermore, it shows that mobilizing underutilized domestic labor resources and targeting them…more

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