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Social norms as a barrier to women's employment in developing countries
Jayachandran, Seema - 2019
This paper discusses cultural barriers to women's participation and success in the labor market in developing countries … more detail specific gender-related social norms and how they constrain women’s employment. I present examples of policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122672
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Does High Social Development Guarantee Economic Opportunities For Women? Gender and Workforce Participation in Kerala
Mazumdar, Sumit - 2014
The southern state of Kerala in India is known for greater status of women and low gender bias in society. However, the … social and human development in Kerala have not been congruent to the economic emancipation of women, and paradoxically … to identify the possible determinants of the observed paradox. We have mainly used Census of India 1991 and 2001 and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039979
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Gender equality and development : Indonesia in a global context
Cameron, Lisa Ann - In: Bulletin of Indonesian economic studies 59 (2023) 2, pp. 179-207
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Women in developing countries
Bansal, Seema - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003577407
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Economic development, structural change and women's labor force participation : a reexamination of the feminization U hypothesis
Gaddis, Isis; Klasen, Stephan - 2011
, differences in levels of FLFP across the world related to historical contingencies are much more important determinants of women … comparisons and allow for a direct test of the effect of structural change on women's economic activity. Our results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010346421
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Economic Development and Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey : Time-Series Evidence and Cross-Section Estimates
Tansel, Aysit - 2002
discouraged-worker effect for women is substantial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014119863
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Gender in economics fifty years ago and today : feminist economists speak
Kim, Marlene - In: Review of radical political economics 55 (2023) 1, pp. 8-25
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Gender discrimination: causes, consequences and policies
Shikha - In: International journal of economic research 17 (2020) 2, pp. 177-185
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Gender wage disparity and economic prosperity in Pakistan
Javed, Maria Faiq; Jadoon, Atif Khan; Malik, Ayesha; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-16
The present study is designed to examine the relationship between wage inequalities and economic prosperity in the case of Pakistan. Using provincial-level data for the years 2000 to 2020, the study estimated a multivariate regression model by employing Auto Regressive Distributive Lag (ARDL)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013460049
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The impact of ICTs on women's economic empowerment
Nikulin, Dagmara - 2016
It is widely argued that ICTs enable the inclusion of low-skilled and traditionally marginalized groups, such as women … inequalities influence to some extent the level of women's engagement in the labor market. Our results are robust against different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802310