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The home as factory floor : employment and remuneration of home-based workers
Cunningham, Wendy V. - 2004
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Gender at Work : A Companion to the World Development Report on Jobs
World Bank - 2014
Today, many more girls are going to school and living longer, healthier lives than 30 or even 10 years ago. That was the good news in our flagship 2012 World Development Report on gender. But this has not translated into broader gains. Too many women still lack basic freedoms and opportunities...
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Breaking Barriers : Female Entrepreneurs Who Cross Over to Male-Dominated Sectors
World Bank - 2022
The report focuses on sectoral choice as one of the contributors to the gender gap in firm performance. It explores the difference in profits among female entrepreneurs who cross over into male-dominated sectors (MDS) compared to those who remain in traditionally female-concentrated sectors...
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Enterprising Women : Toward Equal Business Opportunity in Southeast Asia
World Bank - 2022
This report explores gender differences in entrepreneurship for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) in …-level surveys, the report establishes stylized facts about gender gaps in participation in entrepreneurship and in business … owners or be part of a larger corporation. After establishing stylized facts about gender gaps in entrepreneurship, the …
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Economic opportunities for women in the East Asia and Pacific Region
Ellis, Amanda - 2010
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International migration and gender differentials in the home labor market : evidence from albania
Mendola, Mariapia - 2009
"This paper examines the role of male-dominated international migration in shaping labor market outcomes by gender in migrant-sending households in Albania. Using detailed information on family migration experience from the latest Living Standards Measurement Study survey, the authors find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394194
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The effect of male migration for work on employment patterns of females in Nepal
Lokshin, Michael - 2008
"This paper assesses the impact of work-related migration by males on the labor market behavior of females in Nepal. Using data from the 2004 Nepal household survey, the authors apply the Instrumental Variable Full Information Maximum Likelihood method to account for unobserved factors that...
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The Malaysia-Indonesia remittance corridor : making formal transfers the best option for women and undocumented migrants
Hernández-Coss, Raúl (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521355
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Gender and economic growth in Tanzania : creating opportunities for women
Ellis, Amanda (contributor) - 2007
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