02048cas a2200313 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022944 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 20.00 USD 9798400210655 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Loko, Boileau. Fintech, Female Employment, and Gender Inequality / Boileau Loko, Yuanchen Yang. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022. 1 online resource (39 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 Fintech, which delivers financial services digitally, promises to promote financial inclusion and close the gender gap. Using a novel fintech dataset for 114 economies worldwide, this paper shows that fintech adoption significantly improves female employment and reduces gender inequality, the effect being more pronounced in firms without traditional financial access. Fintech not only increases the number and ratio of female employees in the workforce, but also mitigates financial constraints of female-headed firms. Digital divide and poor institutions weaken such benefits. Endogeneity is accounted for by a fixed effects identification strategy. We conclude by providing policy recommendations and outlining avenues for future research. Mode of access: Internet Demand and Supply of Labor imf Financial Institutions and Services imf Innovation imf Research and Development imf Technological Change imf Yang, Yuanchen.. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/108 Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1018-5941&volume=2022&issue=108 IMF e-Library