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Explaining gender differences in preference for self-employment among tertiary graduates in GhanaWe examine gender differences in ambitions and expectations of jobseekers concerning self-employment, an increasingly proposed option for youth in economies with limited wage employment. Analysing survey data on 2,036 tertiary graduates in Ghana, we...
Working Paper
Motherhood and flexible jobsWe study the causal effect of motherhood on labour market outcomes in Latin America by adopting an event study approach around the birth of the first child based on panel data from national household surveys for Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. Our...
Book Chapter
Self-employment and labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and NicaraguaPart of Book The Job Ladder
Book Chapter
The dynamics of off-farm self-employment in the West African SahelPart of Book The Job Ladder
Working Paper
Dynamics of off-farm self-employment in West African SahelThis study uses detailed household-level data to analyse off-farm self-employment dynamics in Mali and Niger. It adds to the literature that acknowledges the existence of heterogeneities in informal work and the body of evidence on informal self...
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Self-employment and labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and NicaraguaWe study the labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaragua, focusing on the factors that help men and women move into an advantageous labour market state from an unfavourable state. We consider ‘advantageous’ states to be...
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Returns to education in self-employment in IndiaThis study focuses on estimating the returns to education in non-farm self-employed businesses in the Indian context, using nationwide individual- and household-level data provided by the India Human Development Survey for the year 2011/12. Given...
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