In many developing countries, women are prevented to take full advantage of the benefits of living in an urban area. In India, while one of every two men participates in the labor market, it is the case just for one of every six women. In this context, it is thought that access to microfinance is key to bridge the gap and to introduce women into the labor force. This is the first project to rig...

This article investigates the effect of age and number of children on retirement, and tries to explain increasing labor force participation rate since the mid-1990’s in the United States. I estimate a life-cycle model to figure out how number and age of children affect the retirement age of parents, and simulate life-cycle paths of the labor force participation rate by using the estimated model...

Objective The aim of this study was to describe the application of latent class growth analysis (LCGA) to identify different working life trajectories (WLT) using employed working time by year as a repeated measure. Methods Trajectories are estimated using LCGA, which considers all individuals within a trajectory to be homogeneous. The methodology was applied to a subsample of the Spanish WORKi...