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Are There More Female Managers in the Retail Sector? Evidence from Survey Data in Developing Countries

This paper uses firm-level data for 87 developing countries to analyze how the likelihood of a firm having female vs. male top manager varies across sectors. The service sector is often considered to be more favorable toward women compared with men...

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Main Authors:	Amin, Mohammad, Islam, Asif
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CITIES CRIME DISCRIMINATION DIVISION OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURS ENTRY BARRIERS FEMALE FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALES FEMINIST FIRM LEVEL FIRMS GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER-BASED DISPARITIES GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS HUMAN CAPITAL JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR RELATIONS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS PARTY PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR REGULATORY BURDEN SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SMALL BUSINESS SMALL FIRMS WILL WOMEN WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/19432369/more-female-managers-retail-sector-evidence-survey-data-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18328

Are There More Female Managers in the Retail Sector? Evidence from Survey Data in Developing Countries

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