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This study analyses the employment distribution of the working-age women by occupations across their activities in usual principal status in the Periodic Labour Force Survey for 2017–18 by taking into account the household-specific factors and workers’ personal characteristics by using a multinomial logit model. The study infers that gender differences in returns to schooling

Republican Plan to Raise the Minimum Wage Is Self-Defeating Feb 24 2021, 2:02 AM February 23 2021, 10:30 PM February 24 2021, 2:02 AM (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour has been one of the most important goals of the progressive left, and President Joe Biden has included the “Fight for $15” in his $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal. Now two Republican senators, Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Mitt Romney of Utah, have put forward their own proposal to rais...

The folly of a $15 minimum wage Is boosting middle-class income worth eliminating jobs for the most vulnerable workers in the labor market?  By Michael R. Strain Bloomberg Opinion January 25, 2021 — 5:22pm Text size Copy shortlink: President Joe Biden is already working hard to sell his ambitious plan to get people back to work and help the economy heal from the pandemic recession. Its too bad the plan includes a key element that w...