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labor markets. Better-educated women are more likely to participate in the wage labor market, while higher livestock … holdings diminish participation more for women. Females with more schooling are also more likely to participate in FFW. Men s … and women s participation in FFW and self-employment responds differently to household and community shocks. After …
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prominent among children, adolescents, and adults for a number of critical nutrients. Pregnant and lactating women also receive …
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-agricultural labor market outcomes in rural areas. Using matched household-enterprise-community data sets from Bangladesh, Ethiopia … productivity of non-farm entrepreneurship. Except for Ethiopia, women are less likely than men to become nonfarm entrepreneurs …. Women's nonfarm entrepreneurship isn't strongly correlated with household composition or educational attainment, but is …
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This paper seeks to fill a knowledge gap relative to the low uptake of services for women living in situations of … protect women from domestic violence. Through qualitative research, this paper explores the experience of women survivors of … violence against women (VAW) in seeking help to exit abusive relationships, with the aim of identifying avenues to strengthen …
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persistence, and women's occupational constraints-- with particular emphasis on the role of access to infrastructure. The first … promoting the role of women in growth strategies. …
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Instead of mean-tested conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs, some countries have implemented gender-targeted CCTs to explicitly address intra-household disparities in human capital investments. This study focuses on addressing the direct impact of a female school stipend program in Punjab,...
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With only 32 percent of working-age women in the labor market, Guatemala is an upper-middle-income country with one of … educational attainment of women, the reduction in fertility, and the country's structural transformation toward services. However …, a large component remains unexplained. Exploring 2018 data, the paper shows that social norms, attitudes toward women in …
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Modern fruit sector development in Chile led to agricultural employment for women, though usually only as temporary … workers and often at a piece rate. Nonetheless, fruit sector employment offered women access to income and personal … and changing gender relations. Using a unique longitudinal data set, they examine women's decisions regarding labor force …
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transition economies with the goal of improving women's employability and quality of work. The programs include active labor … some also to rigorous cost-benefit analyses. Many were found to be effective in increasing women's quantity of work as … increased women's quality of work, for example, by increasing the capacity for women to work in the formal rather than the …
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Reducing gender-specific commuting barriers in developingcountries has complex effects on women's labor dynamics … synthetic difference-in-differences approach to shedlight on labor supply and time use decisions of women. Itobserves decreased … bus expenses and time saved on travel.Skilled employed women increase labor supply, while low-skilledmarried women shift …
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