female labour force participation

Boosting women’s labour force participation: Opportunities and challenges in Bangladesh

What are the barriers to women’s labour force participation in Bangladesh? What are some promising evidence-based policy options? Where is more evidence required?

Labour Markets

Nusrat Jahan

Published

09.10.24

Free trade agreements and women’s employment: Evidence from Chile

New export opportunities led to a rise in hiring of female white-collar workers through changes in the use of technology and a correction of discrimination amongst Chilean firms.

Trade

Utsa Banerjee Luis Castro Peñarrieta Pavel Chakraborty

Published

03.09.24

Can flexible work opportunities for women bypass gender norms?

Flexible work arrangements can both attract women to the labour force and provide a gateway to outside-the-home jobs. In India, where gender norms keep women out of the labour force, home-based jobs may represent the most immediate path to increase w...

Labour Markets

Lisa Ho

Published

10.07.24

Gender disparities reduce agricultural productivity in developing countries

The misallocation of women’s talent, due to barriers to entering non-agricultural work, leads to sizable productivity losses

Agriculture

Munseob Lee

Published

06.06.24

How gender norms are perceived across the world

Data from 60 countries across six continents reveals that, in almost every country, the support for basic rights is underestimated, especially among men, suggesting that aligning perceived and actual views may be a promising policy intervention to ra...

Labour Markets

Leonardo Bursztyn Alexander Cappelen Bertil Tungodden Alessandra Voena David Yanagizawa-Drott

Published

29.02.24

Indian women are not dropping out of paid work voluntarily

What factors underlie the persistently low labour force participation rates of Indian women?

Labour Markets

Ashwini Deshpande

Published

29.02.24

Intra-household and intra-personal constraints to women’s employment in India

Low self-confidence may keep women from persuading family members that they should enter the workplace, despite wanting to work themselves

Labour Markets

Madeline McKelway

Published

20.07.20

Do changing gender norms counteract the effects of information on the aspirations of Saudi women?

The provision of information about peers’ aspirations increases the labour market expectations of Saudi women, and is not counteracted by local gender norms

Labour Markets

Monira Essa Aloud Sara Al-Rashood Ina Ganguli Basit Zafar

Published

27.04.20