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Who is employed? : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa on redefining employment
Gaddis, Isis; Oseni, Gbemisola; Palacios Lopez, Amparo; … - 2020
The 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (in 2013) redefined labor statistics standards. A major change was to narrow the definition of employment to work for pay or profit. By the revised standards, farming that is only or mainly intended for own use is no longer considered...
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Mobile money and investment by women businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa
Islam, Asif; Muzi, Silvia - 2020
This study connects two important findings in Sub-Saharan Africa. First, digital technologies such as mobile money have become widespread and have increased investment by businesses, especially in East Africa. Second, women-owned business in the region significantly lag their male counterparts...
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Taking power : women's empowerment and household well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa
Annan, Jeannie; Donald, Aletheia; Goldstein, Markus P.; … - 2019
This paper examines women's power relative to that of their husbands in 23 Sub-Saharan African countries to determine how it affects women's health, reproductive outcomes, children's health, and children's education. The analysis uses a novel measure of women's empowerment that is closely linked...
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Gender and finance in Sub-Saharan Africa : are women disadvantaged?
Aterido, Reyes; Beck, Thorsten; Iacovone, Leonardo - 2011
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African mining, gender, and local employment
Kotsadam, Andreas; Tolonen, Anja Karolina - 2015
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The nexus between gender, collective action for public goods, and agriculture : evidence from Malawi
McCarthy, Nancy; Kilic, Talip - 2014
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Accounting for gender production from a growth accounting framework in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fofack, Hippolyte - 2012
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Market imperfections exacerbate the gender gap : the case of Malawi
Palacios-Lopez, Amparo; López, Ramón - 2015
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Smallholders’ land ownership and access in Sub-Saharan Africa: a new landscape?
Deininger, Klaus W.; Fang, Xia; Savastano, Sara - 2015
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Dynamics of off-farm employment in Sub-Saharan Africa : a gender perspective
Van den Broeck, Goedele; Kilic, Talip - 2018
-farm employment and continued employment; and conducts the analysis by gender and rural/urban location. A significant share of the …-farm enterprises being more common in Nigeria and Tanzania. The population weighted cross-country gender difference in off …-farm employment and continued employment are country- and gender-specific, with demographic factors, occurrence of shocks, and job …
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