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

This study complements the extant literature by assessing economic sector and globalization channels for gender … gender employment in the industry and the negative effect is driven by the financial globalization sub-component of economic …-components positively affect gender employment in the service sector and the corresponding positive effect is driven by the trade …

In this paper we provide first systematic evidence on the gender disparities in the labor market in Swaziland, drawing …

This paper analyzes the historical evidence of the gender gap in employment and wages in Mexico. We construct … formal market and wages for each gender and quarter, correcting selection biases. Based on these results, we implement a … Blinder-Oaxaca (1973) and Mulligan-Rubinstein (2008) decomposition to estimate the gender gap in wages. Our results suggest …

In this paper, we make an attempt to understand whether low labour market returns to education in India are responsible … level data of India for the year 2011-12 is used to examine the relationship between educational attainment and labour … market participation through gender lens. Results show that women’s education has a U-shaped relationship with paid work …