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Traditional and modern employee benefits in Myanmar’s manufacturing sectorEmployer-provided benefits are independent elements in the compensation packages that make up firms’ payment strategies. Such benefits are aimed at attracting and retaining preferred employees and improving incentives...
compensation packages employee benefits Labour lawJournal Article
Self-assessed vs. statistical evidence of racial discrimination: The case of indigenous AustraliansThis paper provides new insights on the labour market discrimination faced by indigenous Australians one of the most disadvantaged indigenous populations in developed countries...
Discrimination in employment Employees Ethnic relationsBook Chapter
Ghana: A successful growth story with job creation concernsFrom the book: Africa's Lions
Economic growth Employees Equality and inequalityBlog
African Lions - Ghana's job creation successes and obstacles
Over the past two decades, Ghana’s economy experienced an average annual growth rate of 5.8 percent, and became a low-middle income country in 2007...
Economic growth Employees Equality and inequalityWorking Paper
Self-assessed versus statistical evidence of labour market discrimination: The case of indigenous AustraliansWe assess the relative importance of statistical residual-based measures of discrimination in determining indigenous Australians’ perceptions of discrimination in the labour market...
Discrimination in employment Employees Ethnic relationsWorking Paper
Understanding Ghana’s growth success story and job creation challengesGhana’s status as one of the African Lions is linked to the country’s remarkable growth performance, which culminated in the attainment of lower middle-income status. However, employment response to growth has been weak...
Economic growth Employees Equality and inequalityBlog
Foreign Aid for Gender Equality: Future AgendaThis is the second of a two-part article presenting key discussion points from the UNU-WIDER gender equality workshop held 12-13 July 2012, in Helsinki...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Employees Equality and inequalityBlog
Foreign Aid for Gender Equality: The Challenge for DonorsMalokele Nanivazo and Lucy Scott The first gender equality workshop under UNU-WIDER’S ReCom—Research and Communication in Foreign Aid project was held on 12-13 July 2012 in Helsinki; gender equality being one of the project’s five t...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Employees Equality and inequalityJournal Article
Entrepreneurship and WelfarePart of Journal Special Issue Entrepreneurship, Developing Countries and Development Economics
Agricultural labourers Consumption EmployeesWorking Paper
Entrepreneurship and WelfareWe examine returns to entrepreneurship using a standard measure of welfare, the per capita consumption expenditure. Using quantile regressions, we find welfare hierarchy in occupations...
Agricultural labourers Consumption EmployeesBook
Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle East (paperback)Exploring the impact of social change in the Middle East on women's status and roles, as well as women's varied responses, this book focuses on the gender dynamics of some of the major social processes in the region: economic development and ...
Employees Families Social movementBook
Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle EastExploring the impact of social change in the Middle East on women's status and roles, as well as women's varied responses, this book focuses on the gender dynamics of some of the major social processes in the region: economic development and ...
Employees Families Social movementBook Chapter
Introduction and Overview: Recasting the Middle EastFrom the book: Modernizing Women
Employees Families Social movementBook Chapter
Women, Patriarchy, and the Changing FamilyFrom the book: Modernizing Women
Employees Families Social movementBook Chapter
Modernizing Women: Reforms, Revolutions, and the Woman QuestionFrom the book: Modernizing Women
Employees Families Social movementBook Chapter
Islamist Movements and Women’s ResponsesFrom the book: Modernizing Women
Employees Families Social movement