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 … conditional employment probabilities of married women, as compared with men, is the other factor. These findings point at …

, especially for women. Furthermore, we conclude that the gender gap in underemployment is mainly due to the different distribution …This paper focuses on the impact that gender segregation in the labour market exerts on the underemployment gender gap … of male and female workers across occupations and industries. Additionally, the different impact by gender that working …

Women consistently work less in the labor market and earn lower wages than men. While economic empowerment of women is … an important objective in itself, women's economic activity also matters as a condition for sustained economic growth … educational attainment or skills. Gender is a further dimension in which the impacts of trade liberalization can differ. In a …

the delicate handling of fruits and vegetables and therefore provide employment opportunities for women in rural areas …. However, the social implications of these developments for women workers' roles in their households remain hardly understood …. We address this research gap by assessing a wide range of indicators reflecting women's empowerment. We use primary …

employment gender gap over time to the disadvantage of young women. Exploiting the longitudinal nature of our data, we apply two …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 …

Economic theory suggests that growth may improve gender equality directly by raising women's employment and indirectly …. This paper argues that growth in India has not substantially improved gender equality because it has not sufficiently … poverty-might actually have led to greater gender equality in India-by reducing poverty-linked gender discrimination. The …

intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes and norms as determinants of women's labour force participation in industrialized … brief case study of women's labour force participation in India, where the direct link between gender attitudes and women …Women have historically been overlooked in research on social mobility. In contrast, new research focuses on the …

the global financial crisis had a less negative impact on women than it had on men. Both unadjusted and unexplained gender …Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini's first three labor … market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country's gender …