Gender gaps in labor market outcomes persist in South Asia. An open question is whether supply- or demand-side constraints play a larger role. This paper investigates this using matched data from three...
In developed countries, public childcare programs have increased maternal employment by easing time constraints. However, their impact in lower-middle-income settings with multigenerational households...
A growing literature attributes gender inequality in labor market outcomes in part to the reduction in female labor supply after childbirth, the child penalty. However, if social norms constrain married...
Analyses of GDP per capita differences across countries focus almost exclusively on differences in productivity. This paper shows that there are also large differences in medium-run dynamics in the employment-to-population...
This paper studies telework as an opportunity to increase women’s labor force participation in Mexico. Using data on the availability and use of information technology in households, the paper models women’s...
The development objective of the Carbon-Conscious Fiscal and Growth Development Policy Financing for Ecuador is to support reforms by the Government of Ecuador (GoE) to enhance fiscal sustainability and...
Youth unemployment and gender gaps in labor market outcomes are key policy challenges across developing countries. Young job-seekers may struggle to find jobs because of their biased beliefs and unrealistic...
Reducing gender-specific commuting barriers in developing countries has complex effects on women’s labor dynamics. The paper studies a program that offers free bus rides for women in several Indian states...
The objective of this toolkit is to provide a set of guiding questions to collect data for a comprehensive description of an LTC landscape in any country. Such a tool should cover all the areas that makeup...
Closing the gender digital divide by ensuring equal access to and benefit of the internet may reduce economic inequalities and close the gender gap in employment by providing new economic opportunities...
Despite substantial progress in closing the gender gap, women’s labor force participation in the Middle East and North Africa remains one of the lowest globally, at a mere 18 percent. This paper investigates...
This paper uses the introduction of preparatory school classes targeting six-year-old children in Romania to study whether universal, compulsory, public care provision could increase female employment...
This paper analyzes gender gaps in the Colombian labor market, with a particular focus on the impact of the COVID-19 shock and the economic recovery. Using household survey and administrative data, the...
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies have been a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy economic landscape. Average growth in the GCC surpassed 7 percent in 2022 led by Saudi Arabia, its biggest economy...
La disminución de las brechas de género es una de las principales metas del actual Gobierno colombiano. A pesar de los esfuerzos realizados por las pasadas administraciones, aún persiste en el país la...
La disminución de las brechas de género es una de las principales metas del actual Gobierno colombiano. A pesar de los esfuerzos realizados por las pasadas administraciones, aún persiste en el país la...
In many countries, women are the principal recipients of social security programmes as most programmes target vulnerable households and children of which women generally bear the primary responsibility...
This policy note summarizes the findings of an online survey that sought to measure the extent of support for women with children working outside the home for pay. In a second survey the study investigated...
This paper studies the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indonesia’s labor market by exploiting the exogeneous timing of the pandemic in a seasonal difference-in-differences framework. The analysis uses...
تعد زيادة مشاركة المرأة في القوى العاملة مصدر قلق ملح في بلدان المشرق. العلاقة السلبية بين المسؤوليات الأسرية للمرأة ومشاركة المرأة في القوى العاملة راسخة في الأدبيات الدولية. تسلط مجموعة متزايدة من الأدلة...