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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okr-10986-183282021-04-23T14:03:44Z Are There More Female Managers in the Retail Sector? Evidence from Survey Data in Developing Countries Amin, Mohammad Islam, Asif BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CITIES CRIME DISCRIMINATION DIVISION OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURS ENTRY BARRIERS FEMALE FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALES FEMINIST FIRM LEVEL FIRMS GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER-BASED DISPARITIES GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS HUMAN CAPITAL JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR RELATIONS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS PARTY PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR REGULATORY BURDEN SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SMALL BUSINESS SMALL FIRMS WILL WOMEN WORKERS 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. 2014-05-14T21:19:29Z 2014-05-14T21:19:29Z 2014-04 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 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6843 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CITIES CRIME DISCRIMINATION DIVISION OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURS ENTRY BARRIERS FEMALE FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALES FEMINIST FIRM LEVEL FIRMS GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER-BASED DISPARITIES GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS HUMAN CAPITAL JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR RELATIONS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS PARTY PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR REGULATORY BURDEN SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SMALL BUSINESS SMALL FIRMS WILL WOMEN WORKERS Amin, Mohammad Islam, Asif Are There More Female Managers in the Retail Sector? Evidence from Survey Data in Developing Countries |
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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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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Amin, Mohammad Islam, Asif |
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Amin, Mohammad Islam, Asif |
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Amin, Mohammad |
| title |
Are There More Female Managers in the Retail Sector? Evidence from Survey Data in Developing Countries |
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Are There More Female Managers in the Retail Sector? Evidence from Survey Data in Developing Countries |
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Are There More Female Managers in the Retail Sector? Evidence from Survey Data in Developing Countries |
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Are There More Female Managers in the Retail Sector? Evidence from Survey Data in Developing Countries |
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Are There More Female Managers in the Retail Sector? Evidence from Survey Data in Developing Countries |
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are there more female managers in the retail sector? evidence from survey data in developing countries |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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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 |
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