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What Works for Working Women? : Understanding Female Labor Force Participation in Urban Bangladesh

This paper explores the factors that constrain women in slums and low-income neighborhoods in Dhaka from engaging in the labor market and supplying their labor to wage earning or self-employment. It uses unique individual-level data on labor market...

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Main Authors: Kotikula, Aphichoke, Hill, Ruth, Raza, Wameq Azfar
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Dhaka 2019
Subjects:
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR SKILLS
CHILDCARE
URBAN TRANSIT
URBAN TRANSPORT
GENDER NORMS
EMPLOYMENT
GENDER GAP
HIRING BIAS
WAGE GAP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/265491570091030693/What-Works-for-Working-Women-Understanding-Female-Labor-Force-Participation-in-Urban-Bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32535

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/265491570091030693/What-Works-for-Working-Women-Understanding-Female-Labor-Force-Participation-in-Urban-Bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32535

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