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Data on female labour force participation in Bangladesh suggest that, despite the increase in female-intensive employment opportunities through microfinance, export garment manufacturing, and community-based services, the majority of working women are concentrated in home-based activities. There...
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study preferred by women are associated with lower wages. This thesis aims to disentangle the process, in which gender … differences in field of study choices emerge and transform into gender inequality in the labour market through four steps … offer new insights on specific explanations. First, gender differences in task-related preferences, i.e., occupational …
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Occupational and sectoral segregation by gender is remarkably persistent across space and time and is a major … contributor to gender wage gaps. We investigate the determinants of one-digit occupational and sectoral segregation in developing …
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This paper studies the impact of an affirmative action policy on occupational segregation by gender in South Africa. We …
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This article examines the impact of a large increase in female participation on occupational segregation. Increases in female participation may decrease occupational segregation if women enter male dominated sectors but may increase segregation if they enter already female dominated sectors....
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