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Employment policy in Mainland Tanzania: what’s in it for women?Tanzania has experienced relatively strong and stable economic growth accompanied by social stability over the past two decades. The country is also pursuing an ambitious development plan with significant employment objectives...
Employment policy Gender WomenSeminar
Ashwini Deshpande and Janneke Pieters on women’s work
Blog
The COVID-19 crisis, informal workers, and gender — understanding the intersections
The COVID-19 crisis — the pandemic, restrictions, and recession — has not been a grand leveler...
Equality and inequality COVID-19 GenderWorking Paper
Exploring social policy trajectories in Mainland Tanzania: Driving for gender-inclusive development?In July 2020, the United Republic of Tanzania gained the status of a lower-middle-income country. This came after two decades of significant social policy reforms and transformations in the country’s economic structures...
Social policy Gender TanzaniaBlog
Why women are made to rely on vulnerable workThe gender pay-gap is one of the foremost indicators of gender inequality and thus a guide for women’s economic empowerment policies...
Gender Gender gap Developing countriesJournal Article
Finance, gender and entrepreneurship: India’s informal sector firmsPart of Journal Special Issue What sustains informality
Entrepreneurship Financial constraints GenderJournal Article
Female labor force participation in sub-Saharan Africa: A cohort analysisTHIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW | Female 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 AfricaJournal Article
On the link between managerial attributes and firm access to formal credit in MyanmarUsing a survey of enterprises in Myanmar, we examine demand for formal credit and the extent to which firms are self-constrained by not applying for credit or if they apply and are constrained by bank’s rejections...
Formal credit Gender Personality traitsWorking Paper
The gender productivity gap: Evidence from the Indian informal sectorWe examine the patterns and correlates of the productivity gap between male-owned and female-owned firms for informal enterprises in India...
Gender Productivity gap IndiaPresentation
Roosa Lambin and Milla Nyyssölä on social policy trajectories and women in TanzaniaThe virtual conference Social Policy in Africa is organized 22-24 November 2021 by University of South Africa (UNISA) in the City of Tshwane in South Africa. On 22 November researchers Roosa Lambin and Milla Nyyssölä give a presentation in...
Presentation
Ayu Pratiwi and Milla Nyyssölä on land rights and inter-generational resource allocations in TanzaniaOn 17 November 2021 Turku University researcher Ayu Pratiwi and UNU-WIDER Research Associate Milla Nyyssölä give a presentation at the weekly online seminar of the Labour Institute for Economic Research . The topic of their presentation is...
Book Chapter
Gender and social mobility: Gender attitudes and women’s labour force participationFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Gender Gender attitudes NormsBook Chapter
Social mobility in China: A case study of social mobility research in the Global SouthPart of Journal Special Issue Social mobility in developing countries
Social mobility Gender Log-linear modelsPresentation
Roosa Lambin and Milla Nyyssölä on social protection and gender in TanzaniaOn 29 September 2021 UNU-WIDER researchers Roosa Lambin and Milla Nyyssölä give a presentation at the weekly online seminar of the Labour Institute for Economic Research . The topic of their presentation is Social protection and gender in...
Blog
Kanika Mahajan – IEA featured economist interview
Kanika Mahajan, a researcher engaged in UNU-WIDER's project on 'The changing nature of work and inequality', is the August 2021 featured economist of the International Economic Association (IEA)...
Inequality Labour economics GenderJournal Article
Occupational gender segregation in post-apartheid South AfricaThis study shows that occupations in South Africa are segregated and stratified by gender...
Gender Occupational segregation Stratification