Informality and Gender Gaps Going Hand in Hand /
In sub-Saharan Africa women work relatively more in the informal sector than men. Many factors could explain this difference, including women's lower education levels, legal barriers, social norms and demographic characteristics. Cross-country comparisons indicate strong associations between ge...
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| 格式: | 杂志 |
| 语言: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2019.
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| 丛编: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2019/112 |
| 在线阅读: | Full text available on IMF |
| 总结: | In sub-Saharan Africa women work relatively more in the informal sector than men. Many factors could explain this difference, including women's lower education levels, legal barriers, social norms and demographic characteristics. Cross-country comparisons indicate strong associations between gender gaps and higher female informality. This paper uses microdata from Senegal to assess the probability of a worker being informal, and our main findings are: (i) in urban areas, being a woman increases this probability by 8.5 percent; (ii) education is usually more relevant for women; (iii) having kids reduces men's probability of being informal but increases women's. |
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| 实物描述: | 1 online resource (34 pages) |
| 格式: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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