women's employment. We examine how the forces that underlie this observation play out in developing countries, with a … specific focus on Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa. A force affecting high- and low-income countries alike are … employment: whereas in high-income economies reduced employment in contact-intensive services had a large impact on women, this …

Despite a sizeable literature on the labour market effects of maternity leave regulations on women in developed … countries, how these policies affect women's work in developing countries with a large informal sector remains poorly understood …. This study examines how extending the maternity leave requirement affects women's decisions to work in the informal or …

The paper analyses the contribution of informally employed women (for the age group of 16-60 years) to their household … budget. The urban informal sector largely absorbs women workers. We examine the determinants of their contribution to their … household budgets for the survival of the families. Applying the OLS model to 937 observations, it is found that women as heads …

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 … pervasive and could potentially have greater impact in shaping women's labour force participation. The paper concludes with a …