Are There More Female Managers in the Retail Sector? Evidence from Survey Data in Developing Countries
This paper uses firm-level data for 87 developing countries to analyze how the likelihood of a firm having female vs. male top manager varies across sectors. The service sector is often considered to be more favorable toward women compared with men...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/19432369/more-female-managers-retail-sector-evidence-survey-data-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18328 |
| Summary: | This paper uses firm-level data for 87
developing countries to analyze how the likelihood of a firm
having female vs. male top manager varies across sectors.
The service sector is often considered to be more favorable
toward women compared with men vis-à-vis the manufacturing
sector. Although the exploration of the data confirms a
significantly higher presence of female managers in services
vs. manufacturing, the finding is entirely driven by retail
firms, with little contribution from other service sectors,
such as wholesale, construction, and other services. The
analysis also finds that the higher presence of female
managers in the retail sector vs. manufacturing is much
higher among the relatively small firms and firms located in
the relatively small cities. These findings could serve as
useful inputs for the design of optimal policy measures
aimed at promoting gender equality in a country. |
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