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Are women’s labour force participation rates improving in sub-Saharan Africa?Several sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have achieved substantial economic growth in the past 30 years. Likewise, access to education has considerably expanded, as reflected in rising enrolment rates for both men and women...
Labour supply Gender Sub-Saharan AfricaJournal Article
Female labor force participation in sub-Saharan Africa: A cohort analysisFemale labor force participation rates have been stagnating despite rising female education in sub-Saharan Africa since the turn of the millennium...
Labour supply Gender Sub-Saharan AfricaWorking Paper
Maternal employment and children’s outcomes: Evidence from IndonesiaIs maternal employment beneficial or harmful for child development? Maternal employment generates income, which is needed to provide core inputs for children’s health and education...
Child development Indonesia Female labour force participationWorking Paper
The gender employment gap: the effects of extended maternity leave policy in Viet NamThis study seeks to determine the effect on the gender employment gap and women’s employment of the extension of maternity leave from four months to six months in Viet Nam’s 2012 Labor Code...
Gender gap Women's work Female labour force participationBook Chapter
Gender and social mobility: Gender attitudes and women’s labour force participationFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Gender Gender attitudes NormsWorking Paper
Norms that matter: Exploring the distribution of women’s work between income generation, expenditure-saving, and unpaid domestic responsibilities in IndiaBased on primary data from India, this paper analyses the reasons underlying women’s low labour force participation. In developing countries, women engaged in unpaid economic work in family enterprises are often not counted as workers...
Female labour force participation India Social normsPresentation
Panel on the ‘Structure and drivers of the quantity and quality of women’s work in Latin America’ at the 29th Annual International Association for Feminist EconomicsThe UNU-WIDER project on ‘Women’s work — routes to economic and social empowerment’ presents at the 29th IAFFE Annual Conference, held virtually between 22 – 25 June 2021.
Policy Brief
The economic gains of reducing the employment gender gap in MoroccoMiddle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, including Morocco, currently record the lowest rates of female labour force participation (FLFP) in the world...
Female labour force participation Gender gap EmploymentWorking Paper
Young women’s transitions from education to the labour market in Ethiopia: A gendered life-course perspectiveWe investigate the causes of the gender disparity in labour market participation in Ethiopia using iterative quantitative and qualitative longitudinal analysis through the whole childhood of the individual into early adulthood, from age 8 up to age 2...
Gender Female labour force participation EthiopiaWorking Paper
The economic gains of closing the employment gender gap: Evidence from MoroccoThe present paper sheds new light on the growth implications of gender inequalities in the Moroccan labour market. We confront two different approaches...
Morocco Female labour force participation Gender gapBlog
Supply or demand? Exploring the mechanisms behind the rise of female labour force participation in MexicoAt the global level, gender gaps in labour force participation have narrowed and over half a billion women have joined the workforce in the last 30 years...
Women's work Female labour force participation EconomicsBlog
Persistent gender roles in South Africa deprive women of leisure time
In most countries, traditional gender roles within the household are still common due to the prevalence and persistence of patriarchal systems...
South Africa Women's empowerment Female labour force participationWorking Paper
Female labour force participation in sub-Saharan Africa: A cohort analysisFemale labour force participation rates have stagnated in sub-Saharan Africa since the turn of the millennium...
Labour supply Gender Sub-Saharan AfricaWorking Paper
Heterogeneous impact of internet availability on female labour market outcomes in an emerging economy: Evidence from IndonesiaGreater female labour market participation has important positive implications not only for women’s empowerment and the well-being of their families but also for the economy they live in...
Internet Labour market IndonesiaWorking Paper
Socioeconomic and cultural drivers of women’s formal work in rural GhanaWe study socioeconomic indicators of female labour force participation in off-farm formal employment in a subsistence agriculture setting in northern Ghana, where a new commercial farm provides a positive demand shock for low-skilled labour...
Female labour force participation Ghana Decision makingWorking Paper
The rise in women’s labour force participation in Mexico: Supply vs demand factorsWe estimate the relative importance of alternative labour supply and demand mechanisms in explaining the rise of female labour force participation over the last 55 years in Mexico...
Female labour force participation Mexico Education