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      Perspective
      Gender 29 April 2016

      The Hidden Roots of the Gender Pay Gap

      The pay gap between men and women has been a regularly discussed issue for a number of years, including in the current U.S. presidential election. While in most countries the gap has been narrowing over the time, recent research shows that as a greater number of women enter a profession, the prestige and income for […]

      by Amanbir Singh
      Perspective
      Welfare and Rights 8 March 2016

      Will India’s New Maternity Leave Law Arrest the Decline in Women’s Workforce Participation?

      The Government of India recently amended the Maternity Benefit Act to increase maternity leave from the current 12 weeks to 26 weeks for women working in the private sector. Will this new measure help to arrest the declining rates of women in the workforce?

      by Dhruv Jain
      Perspective
      Others 3 March 2016

      What Does India’s 2016 Budget Mean for Jobs?

      As the Indian government released its 2016 budget earlier this week, a key question is whether it does enough to address one of the biggest challenges confronting the Indian economy: job creation. Here are some reactions from the JustJobs Network team on India's 2016 budget.

      Report
      Trade and Supply Chains 3 February 2016

      U.S Congress Seeks JJN Input on Trans-Pacific Partnership

      U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Democrats called on JustJobs Network Executive Director Sabina Dewan this month to submit her statement on the labor provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

      by Sabina Dewan
      Perspective
      Technology 15 January 2016

      How Automation Can Spur Job Creation in the Long Run

      A new working paper by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology demonstrates that – while increased automation may cause job losses in the short run – advances in technology will lead to job-creation in the long-run.

      by Amanbir Singh
      Report
      Trade and Supply Chains 10 December 2015

      Creating More and Better Jobs Through Asean: Strategies for Indonesia to Leverage Regional Integration

      Leaders of ASEAN must aspire to not only achieve higher GDP growth rates but also to create more and better jobs for its burgeoning youth population.

      by Perkumpulan Prakarsa
      Perspective
      Technology 4 December 2015

      Mobile and On-Demand: The Future of Social Benefits in France

      The French social welfare system is up for reform through the newly proposed Individual Activity Accounts, which aim to make social benefits universal, mobile and on-demand. If the reforms are implemented as proposed, social benefits will be used more efficiently and distributed more equitably.

      by Tanvir Malik
      Perspective
      Labour Markets and Measurement 18 November 2015

      How to Extract Online Data for Research

      While a fair bit of data is actually available online, it's not in a machine readable format. The data is either in a .pdf file or inside tables on multiple web pages. Data available in these formats is difficult to analyze as it usually cannot be read by any statistical software.

      by Amanbir Singh
      Perspective
      Gender 4 November 2015

      Is “Abenomics” Helping to Increase Female Labor Participation in Japan?

      As the employment and activity rates for men are already quite high in Japan, there is limited scope to further increase the number of men participating in the economy. So in order to significantly increase the total size of Japan's workforce, there must be an increase in women's participation in the labor force.

      by Amanbir Singh
      Perspective
      Urbanization 31 October 2015

      Re-examining the Link Between Urbanization, Jobs and Economic Growth

      The relationship between urbanization and economic growth may actually be tenuous, and the relationship with formal economy job creation even more so. This is particularly true of newly urban and rapidly urbanizing regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

      by Gregory Randolph