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It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries' domestic laws have prevented women from … reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal … reform has been shown to be an effective method to catalyze greater participation of women in the economy-along with the …
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specifications. The findings of this paper support the long-standing view that women empowerment contributes to the reduction of …
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adequate collateral limits women entrepreneurs' ability to access formal finance, leaving them to rely on informal sources … gender gaps in financial access. Results suggest that an increase in women entrepreneurs access to formal credit results in …
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Statistics indicate that the economic and social development of women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA … policies on the economic and social welfare of women in the region. On the expenditure side, we test the explanatory power of … for MENA women are not explained by the amount of government social spending, suggesting the answer lies in the efficiency …
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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 …
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highlight the importance of positive attitudes towards women working and individual characteristics such as years of education …
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Raising South Africa's low employment rate to levels seen in emerging market or advanced economy peers could raise GDP per capita by 50 to 60 percent and reduce income inequality dramatically in the long term. By putting further strain on an already fragile labor market, Covid-19 has raised the...
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We evaluate the direct employment effect of the public investment in key infrastructure-electricity, roads, schools and hospitals, and water and sanitation. Using rich firm-level panel data from 41 countries over 19 years, we estimate that USD 1 million of public spending in infrastructure...
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well as women are the most affected by the COVID-19 shock in terms of job loss rates. The differential impacts were …
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