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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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This paper investigates the evolution of the gender wage gap in South Africa, using the 1993-2015 Post-Apartheid Labour …-paying industries However, the median gender wage gap is substantial at 23-35 per cent. This is unexplained by differences in human …
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We extend the conventional framework for measuring segregation to consider stratification of occupations by gender, i … indices. Our empirical analysis using this approach shows that the decline over time in occupational gender segregation in the … US has been accompanied by a deeper, longer reduction in gender stratification. We further investigate the role of …
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In this study, we explore the correlates of the employment gender gap among urban youth in Mozambique. Young people are … confronted with simultaneous decisions about education, work and family life influenced by social norms around gender roles … education, employment, fertility, social life, gender norms and more, we observe an increase of 10 percentage points in the raw …
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Across the world, people in urban rather than rural areas are more likely to support gender equality. To explain this … women performing socially valued, masculine roles. Such exposure incrementally erodes gender ideologies, catalysing a … positive feedback loop, and increasing flexibility in gender divisions of labour. Women in densely populated areas also tend to …
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We use a recent first-hand linked employer-employee survey covering the formal sector of Bangladesh to explain gender …
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This paper examines whether the presence of refugees alters the intra-household allocation of tasks across genders in the hosting population. Using panel data (pre- and post-refugee inflow) from Kagera, a rural region of Tanzania, we find that the refugee shock led to women being less likely to...
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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, research has mainly focused on excess female...
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