Based on primary data from India, this paper analyses the reasons underlying women's low labour force participation. In … developing countries, women engaged in unpaid economic work in family enterprises are often not counted as workers. Women are … leads to mismeasurement of women's work. Religion and visible markers such as veiling are not significant determinants of …

With only 32% of active age women in the labor market, Guatemala is an upper middle-income country with one of the … was partly explained by the drastic increases in the school attainment of women, the reduction in fertility and the … show that social norms, attitudes towards women in the society and public policies are important determinants of these …

Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, thus preventing them from taking advantage of … economic opportunities in urban non-agricultural industries. However, women may be able to circumvent such restrictions by … theoretical model in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and labour markets …

relocated to the South after the war. Our findings highlight the importance of gender role attitudes in shaping women … impact of gender norms. Analyzing quasi-random variation in provincial exports in reunified Vietnam from 2002 to 2018, we … find that a positive economic shock led to a significant decline in women's labor market engagement, particularly among …

Despite significant improvement in female schooling over the last two decades, only a small proportion of women in … South Asia are in wage employment. We revisit this puzzle using a nationally representative data set from Bangladesh. Probit … regression results show that even after accounting for human capital endowments, women are systematically less likely to …

Do women in Jordan want to work? How do men feel about working women in their family? To what extent do personal …? The Jordanian government and development partners have invested heavily in promoting women's economic inclusion. However … ourselves these questions to help us understand binding constraints that prevent excluded groups, such as women and youth, from …

Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, preventing them from taking advantage of economic … opportunities in urban non-agricultural industries. However, women may be able to circumvent such restrictions by using marriage to … in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and labour markets will be …