This paper analyses the impact of trade liberalization on local labour markets in Ethiopia, with a focus on the gender …

Gender gaps in labour force participation in developing countries persist despite income growth or structural change … jobs. We combine household survey data from 12 low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Latin America, and sub … across the rural-urban gradient. The gender gap increases with connectivity from rural to peri-urban areas, and disappears in …

We examine gender differences in ambitions and expectations of jobseekers concerning self-employment, an increasingly …') do not explain gender differences. Our findings suggest early interventions may reduce gender differences in labour …

employment in the nonprimary sector. Early motherhood, in turn, is associated with lower female schooling and a widening gender …

probit model to analyse gender differences in labour force participation and gender bias in formal wage employment in urban … likely to get formal wage employment, suggesting the existence of gender bias in the labour market in urban areas of Tanzania …. However, after accounting for selection into labour force participation, the existing gender bias is narrowed for women with …

by self and proxy. These divergences emanate from asymmetric measurement errors, stemming from gender-based norm …

This paper investigates gender inequality in vulnerable employment: forms of employment typically featuring high … from developing countries, we measure long-term trends, describe geographical patterns, and estimate correlates of gender … gender gap. Across countries, the gender gap is smaller in richer countries, with lower fertility rates, and more …

economic growth. Substantial gender wage gaps contribute significantly to overall wage inequality. We look at an often …-overlooked driver of gender inequality: international trade. Trading firms constitute 70 per cent of employment in South African … universe of formal South African manufacturing firms, we show that these firms exhibit greater gender wage gaps than non …

This study seeks to determine the effect on the gender employment gap and women's employment of the extension of … extensions of maternity leave and the gender employment gap in Viet Nam. The findings show that, on average, the new law did not … exacerbate the gender employment gap, and there was a narrowing of the gap in the formal jobs sector compared to the waged jobs …