Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
Drawing on various macro- and micro-data sources, the authors present robust evidence of an inverted U-shaped relationship between female labor force participation and inequality. Overall, female labor force participation is found to have a strong...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/525631619204036725/Does-Gender-Equality-in-Labor-Participation-Bring-Real-Equality-Evidence-from-Developed-and-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35518 |
| Summary: | Drawing on various macro- and micro-data
sources, the authors present robust evidence of an inverted
U-shaped relationship between female labor force
participation and inequality. Overall, female labor force
participation is found to have a strong and significant
dis-equalizing impact in at least three groups of developing
countries with relatively low initial levels of
participation. A decile-level analysis shows that female
labor force participation has higher levels of returns among
top deciles compared with the lower deciles in the
developing countries analyzed. This evidence focuses
attention on the importance of developing policies
specifically targeting women in lower deciles of the income distribution. |
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