grapple with important gender inequalities. This paper examines, first, the evolution and effects of Tanzania's social … families as an instrument for gender-responsive social protection expansion. The simulation findings indicate that introducing …

paper examines the extent to which World Bank investments address unpaid care work. The paper conducts an in-depth gender … address unpaid care work. Doing so would improve economic and human development and reduce gender inequality. …

simultaneously increasing boys' labour input in household chores. This puts into question the existence of gender preferences in … schooling in Lesotho and suggests that impacts on child welfare are influenced by time and labour constraints and by gender …

important contributing factors explaining the gender productivity gap are firm characteristics, such as firm size, age of the …

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 …

We investigate the causes of the gender disparity in labour market participation in Ethiopia using iterative …

lower levels of education and social capital, deeper levels of poverty, and limited access to assets-while also being …'s employment policies from a gender perspective by adopting a functional approach. We examine policies with (1) a labour market … needs to be done to enhance women's access to assets, skills training, and better-quality employment. Further gender …

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