Ladies First? Firm-level Evidence on the Labor Impacts of the East Asian Crisis

In a crisis, do employers place the burden of adjustment disproportionately on female employees? Relying on household and labor force data, existing studies of the distributional impact of crises have not been able to address this question. This pa...

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Main Authors: Hallward-Driemeier, Mary, Rijkers, Bob, Waxman, Andrew
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
SEX
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110906103035
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3552