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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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Dhaka
2019
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| 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 |
| Summary: | 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 participation,
time-use, norms, and skills, both cognitive and
noncognitive. The data reconfirms well-known patterns
associated with FLFP: that is, it is higher in low-income
neighborhoods and among women with little education, and
younger unmarried women. The paper also highlights the
correlation between soft skills and type of work. The paper
also quantifies the important correlation between the need
for childcare, as well as safety in public spaces and in the workplace. |
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