Between 2003 and 2015, the labor force participation rate of women in Bangladesh increased from 26.0% to 35.6%. On … further analysis, we find that much of this gain was due to an increasing number of women working from home. We use the model … Bangladeshi women. Afterward, we use a simplified version of the decomposition technique devised by Bourguignon, Ferreira, and …

, differential effects by gender, couple status, and parental status exist. Coupled women were less likely to be working than coupled … men, while single women were more likely to be working than single men. However, fathers of school-age children who …

Female labor force participation is mainly driven by the value of women’s market wages versus the value of their non …-market time. Labor force participation by women varies considerably across countries. To understand this international variation … public policies. Such differences provide important insights into what actions countries might take to further increase women …