Holdings: Does Mandating Nondiscrimination in Hiring Practices Influence Women's Employment? Evidence Using Firm-level Data

Does Mandating Nondiscrimination in Hiring Practices Influence Women's Employment? Evidence Using Firm-level Data

This study explores the relationship between mandating a nondiscrimination clause in hiring practices along gender lines and the employment of women versus men in 58 developing countries. The study finds a strong positive relationship between a non...

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Main Authors:	Amin, Mohammad, Islam, Asif
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AID CHILD CARE CHILDBIRTH CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CORRUPTION COURT COURTS CRIME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC FREEDOM ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RIGHTS ECONOMICS OF GENDER EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT LAW EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN EQUAL PAY EQUAL TREATMENT FEMALE FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE POPULATION FEMALE WORKERS FEMALES FEMINIST FEMINIST ECONOMICS FERTILITY FERTILITY RATES FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FORMS OF GENDER GENDER GENDER COMPOSITION GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER DISPARITY GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER NEUTRAL GENDER NEUTRAL LAWS GENDER PARITY GENDER SPECIFIC GIRLS HEALTH SERVICES HOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUALITIES INFORMAL SECTOR INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN JOURNAL OF WOMEN LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LAWS LAWS ON WOMEN LEGAL RIGHTS LEGISLATION LEVEL OF EDUCATION LOWER FERTILITY MANDATES MATERNITY LEAVE MIGRATION MOTHERS NONDISCRIMINATION NUMBER OF WOMEN OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE OWNERSHIP RIGHTS PARENTAL LEAVE PARLIAMENTARY UNION PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PATRIARCHY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL RIGHTS PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPORTION OF WOMEN PROPORTION OF WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC POLICY RACE RATIO OF WOMEN REPRODUCTION RICHER COUNTRIES RIGHTS FOR WOMEN ROLE MODELS SAFETY OF WOMEN SEX SEX DISCRIMINATION SEXUALITY SOCIAL DIMENSIONS SOCIAL RIGHTS SPOUSE SPOUSES TERTIARY EDUCATION TREATY UNMARRIED MEN UNMARRIED WOMAN UNMARRIED WOMEN WAGE GAP WILL WOMAN WOMEN EMPLOYEES WOMEN EMPLOYMENT WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT WOMEN IN POWER WOMEN IN SCIENCE WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS WOMEN WORKERS WOMEN'S RIGHTS WORKFORCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20331207/mandating-nondiscrimination-hiring-practices-influence-womens-employment-evidence-using-firm-level-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20510

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20331207/mandating-nondiscrimination-hiring-practices-influence-womens-employment-evidence-using-firm-level-data
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20510

Does Mandating Nondiscrimination in Hiring Practices Influence Women's Employment? Evidence Using Firm-level Data

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