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

Occupational segregation significantly contributes to the earnings gender gap worldwide. We look at differences in … entrepreneurship. Data on Uganda show that women breaking into male-dominated sectors make as much as men, and three times more than … women staying in female-dominated sectors. Factors including entrepreneurial skill/abilities and credit/human capital …

that the refugee shock led to women being less likely to engage in employment outside the household and more likely to … by (pre-shock) literacy and maths skill. For women who could read and perform simple written mathematical operations the … refugee shock resulted in illiterate women being more likely to engage in farming and household chores. …

to the 'early' industrializing countries of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It shows that women are far more … greater equality is rooted in educational opportunities; and argues that both educational provision, and women's entry into …

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 … market outcomes, specifically by strengthening women's academic training and encouraging more pre-graduate work experience. …

gender. While some women (mostly black and Coloured) overwhelmingly fill low-paying jobs, others (mostly white and Indian … gender segregation and stratification, with women and men entering occupations previously dominated by the other gender … process. Distinct worker characteristics by gender, such as education, location, or age, cannot explain existing segregation …

We investigate the trend in the gender employment gap in the expanding nonsubsistence sector of the economy in … Mozambique, a country still characterized by a large subsistence agricultural sector. We show evidence that the gender gap has … conditional employment probabilities of married women, as compared with men, is the other factor. These findings point at …

. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in producing jatropha for biodiesel. Under all … availability emerges when female labour is used intensively, as women are drawn away from food production. A skills …-shortage amongst female workers also limits poverty reduction. Policy simulations indicate that only modest improvements in women …

needs to be done to enhance women's access to assets, skills training, and better-quality employment. Further gender … design and outcomes. This constitutes a key challenge in Tanzania, where women and femaleheaded households are constrained by …'s employment policies from a gender perspective by adopting a functional approach. We examine policies with (1) a labour market …