Career Paths in Spain: Gendered Division of Labour and Informal Employment

Labour Law, Judicial Efficiency and Informal Employment in India

This study assesses the effects of industrial disputes legislation and the dispute settlement process on informal versus formal employment in India. It uses indicators of pro-worker court awards and court efficiency as well as amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act (IDA) at the level of Indian states. The state-level IDA amendments are classified as pro-worker or proemployer and enforcement ...

Gendered Employment and Public Spending in China

This paper econometrically analyzes the relationship between public spending and gendered urban employment in China for the period 1999-2009. Proponents of gender-sensitive public policies suggest that spending on healthcare and education may increase long-run growth and women’s relative employment via the expansion of paid care work (increasing labor demand) and reductions in unpaid labor (inc...

Succeeding by Specializing? Explaining Gendered Academic Career Trajectories Running head: EXPLAINING GENDERED ACADEMIC CAREER TRAJECTORIES

In this paper we take a longitudinal perspective to analyze gender differences in academic career attainment. We improve upon prior research both theoretically and methodologically. Theoretically, we introduce and conceptualize the influence of a heretofore-neglected factor in career attainment: the extent of research specialization. We conceive of the extent of research specialization as a for...

International Trade And Employment In Labour- Intensive Sectors In Iran: The Case Of Carpet- Weavers

Earnings Effects of Permanent Employment Promoting Reforms: Analysis of the 1997 Labour Market Reform in Spain

Temporary employment accounts in Spain for about one third of total salaried employment since the mid-Eighties, which triples European figures. In the Nineties, two labour market reforms were implemented in an attempt to reduce the very high incidence of temporary employment, achieving some positive effects on employment. However, we still have a very limited knowledge of the likely effects on ...