01854cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF019325 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498314718 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Malta, Vivian. Informality and Gender Gaps Going Hand in Hand / Vivian Malta, Lisa Kolovich, Angelica Martinez, Marina Mendes Tavares. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (34 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 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. Mode of access: Internet Kolovich, Lisa. Martinez, Angelica. Mendes Tavares, Marina. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/112 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2019/112/001.2019.issue-112-en.xml IMF e-Library