Social Insurance Reform in Jordan : Awareness and Perceptions of Employment Opportunities for Women
The new social insurance law introduced by the Jordanian government in 2010 was created in part to improve the likelihood of women s employment through non- and gender specific changes. This study, which comprised individual interviews and focus gr...
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| Format: | 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/2014/06/19759989/social-insurance-reform-jordan-awareness-perceptions-employment-opportunities-women http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19994 |
| Summary: | The new social insurance law introduced
by the Jordanian government in 2010 was created in part to
improve the likelihood of women s employment through non-
and gender specific changes. This study, which comprised
individual interviews and focus groups with Jordanian women
and men, employers and opinion leaders, was designed to
elicit an understanding of their awareness and knowledge of
the new law, designed to increase women s employment -
primarily the maternity insurance provision. Those affected
by the law remained largely uninformed. Many employers
communicated that they did not perceive it as cost neutral
for their firms. Participants who were aware of the law,
viewed the changes positively and believed with the right
circumstances, the law could increase female employment. |
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