We investigate the causes of the gender disparity in labour market participation in Ethiopia using iterative …, and by age 22 significantly more women than men have completed high school or tertiary education. From an early age, both … women and men undertake a lot of unpaid labour for their households that tends to be highly gendered, and women's work is …

This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children …

remittance-dependent economies in the world. Using data from a three-wave household panel survey conducted in 2007, 2009, and … improves school attendance of young and teenage girls, but reduces school attendance of young women (ages 18-22). We also find … members may affect girls' and young women’s education: relaxation of budget constraints, increase in household work, change in …

influenced by gender, it is appropriate to account for this double selection process. This study uses the latest household survey … in Ghana to estimate gender wage gaps by correcting for this double selection process. We find that the average total … gender wage gap is positive and significant irrespective of the sample selection correction method used. Our results indicate …

working women are concentrated in home-based activities. There have been various attempts to explain this, with some focusing … on economic explanations which stress women's education and skills, domestic responsibilities, and household wealth while … require women to remain within the home. This paper combines data from a purposively designed survey of women from different …

This paper aims to study the impact of migration on labour supply and time-use of women left behind in Kyrgyzstan … the labour supply data, this study uses detailed information on daily time-use, which is analysed within women … that the migration of a household member increases the choice of left-behind women to be unpaid family workers. Most of the …

Although Tanzania has made notable progress in enhancing access to financial services, the gender gap in financial … inclusion persists. This paper examines gender disparities in financial inclusion in Tanzania using descriptive and regression … analyses. While the advent of mobile phone money services has led to increased access to formal financial services, women still …

Relative to developed countries, there are far fewer women than men in parts of the developing world. Estimates suggest … that more than 200 million women are demographically 'missing' worldwide. To explain the global 'missing women' phenomenon … cent of the missing women are 'missing' from Africa. This paper employs a novel methodology to determine how the phenomenon …

. However, after accounting for selection into labour force participation, the existing gender bias is narrowed for women with … wage employment probability differential suggests that the possibility of gender discrimination against women in urban … probit model to analyse gender differences in labour force participation and gender bias in formal wage employment in urban …

This paper analyses the impact of trade liberalization on local labour markets in Ethiopia, with a focus on the gender … services and that this process is particularly pronounced for women. This in turns contributes to increase sectoral segregation. …