with propensity score matching method. The analysis confirms that education opens up opportunities for women to escape … agricultural feminization and engage in formal wage employment, but these opportunities diminish when women marry-a disadvantage … increasingly relevant when countries develop and urbanization progresses. Opening a household enterprise offers women an …

Europe. Almost two-thirds of working age women in the region are either inactive or unemployed: a huge bite into human … micro-level data to explore what explains low participation and employment rates among women in the region. Our findings … participation of women in the labor force. However, these measures are not enough to notably improve employability of women, which …

Women across the world remain an underutilized resource in the labor force. Participation in the labor force averages … around 80 percent for men but only 50 percent for women - nearly half of women's productive potential remains untapped … participation (LFP) in the world during the last two decades. Women in LAC are becoming increasingly active in paid work, closing …

one of the lowest participation rates for women among peer countries. Using extensive Indian household survey data, we … model the labor force participation choices of women, conditional on demographic characteristics and education, as well as …