Labour Markets

Breaking down access constraints faced by women: Experimental evidence from Pakistan

How can policymakers ensure high take-up rates for programmes designed to increase women’s economic empowerment?

Labour Markets

Asim Ijaz Khwaja Ali Cheema Muhammad Farooq Naseer Jacob Shapiro

Published

12.08.20

Female employment and intimate partner violence in Turkey

Refugee inflows from Syria to Turkey led to the displacement of women in the labour force, but also reduced the risk of intimate partner violence

Labour Markets

Bilge Erten Pinar Keskin

Published

31.07.20

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

When goals get in the way: Imperfect information in job search in South Africa

Reducing transport costs and increasing exposure to the labour market leads to job seekers improving targeting in the job search

Labour Markets

Abhijit Banerjee Sandra Sequeira

Published

10.04.20

Women, work, and social norms in Saudi Arabia

Most Saudi men think that women should be allowed to work but are unaware that others share this view, so often don’t support their wife taking a job

Labour Markets

David Yanagizawa-Drott

Published

21.02.20

How a rising minimum wage reduced earnings inequality in Brazil

Over a 16-year period, the Brazilian government more than doubled the real minimum wage. During the same time frame, earnings inequality decreased substantially

Labour Markets

Christian Moser Niklas Engbom

Published

03.02.20