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Social norms as a barrier to women's employment in developing countries

Jayachandran, Seema - 2019

. I begin by describing how gender norms influence the relationship between economic development and female employment, as … more detail specific gender-related social norms and how they constrain women’s employment. I present examples of policies … aimed at dismantling these cultural barriers to female employment and the impacts they have. …

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When social norms influence the employment of women : the case of Japan

Tashiro, Sanae; Lo, Chu-ping - In: Eastern economic journal 46 (2020) 3, pp. 460-482

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Gender and social mobility : exploring gender attitudes and women's labour force participation

Luke, Nancy - 2019

Women have historically been overlooked in research on social mobility. In contrast, new research focuses on the intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes and norms as determinants of women's labour force participation in industrialized countries. This paper discusses the measurement of...

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Religious terrorism, forced migration, and women's empowerment : evidence from the Boko Haram insurgency

Elice, Paola; Martinez Flores, Fernanda; Reichert, Arndt R. - 2023

We examine the link between violent attacks of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, forced migration, and the empowerment of women in host communities. We find positive effects of distant attacks on the economic well-being of women, their use of modern contraceptive methods, and rejection of...

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Do women have different labor supply behaviors? : evidence based on educational groups in Uruguay

Espino, Alma; Isabella, Fernando; Leites, Martín; … - In: Feminist economics 23 (2017) 4, pp. 143-169

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What determines women's labor supply? : the role of home productivity and social norms

Afridi, Farzana; Bishnu, Monisankar; Mahajan, Kanika - 2019

We highlight the role of home productivity in explaining the gender gap in labor force participation (LFP), and the non-monotonic relationship of women's LFP with their education in developing countries (India) in contrast to the developed economies (United Kingdom, U.K.). We construct a model...

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Polygamy and female labour supply in Senegal

Cudeville, Elisabeth; Guénard, Charlotte; Robilliard, … - 2017

In this paper, we explore the links between polygyny and female labour supply in Senegal using a nationally representative survey. In a reduced-form approach, we first measure the impact of polygyny on participation using a joint model of spouse participation. The identification of the impact of...

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What determines women's labor supply? : the role of home productivity and social norms

Afridi, Farzana; Bishnu, Monisankar; Mahajan, Kanika - In: Journal of demographic economics : JODE 90 (2024) 1, pp. 55-87

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Women's mobility and labor supply : experimental evidence from Pakistan

Field, Erica Marie; Vyborny, Kate - 2022

In cities with conservative norms or high crime, female workers may face greater restrictions on their, physical mobility. This limits women’s labor market opportunities and the pool of workers that firms, can attract. In this study, we experimentally vary access to a transport service in...

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Women in paid employment: a role for public policies and social norms in Guatemala

Almeida, Rita; Viollaz, Mariana - 2022

With only 32% of active age women in the labor market, Guatemala is an upper middle-income country with one of the lowest rates of female labor force participation in the Latin America and the Caribbean region, and in the world. The rate of female labor participation is especially low in the...

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