Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Serbia

Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Serbia

Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in Serbia rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Serbia is not capitalizing on its educate...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR POLICY
GENDER GAP
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER BIAS
HIRING BIAS
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
TAXATION
REGULATION
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO LAND
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/362971521446975647/Serbia-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29591
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spelling okr-10986-295912021-05-25T09:13:06Z Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Serbia World Bank Group FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR POLICY GENDER GAP GENDER EQUALITY GENDER BIAS HIRING BIAS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TAXATION REGULATION ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO LAND CHILDCARE ELDERCARE Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in Serbia rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Serbia is not capitalizing on its educated young population, as only 48 percent of 15–64-year-old women are actively contributing to the economy through employment. Closing gender gaps in access to economic opportunities requires removing the existing barriers and disincentives to employment and entrepreneurship for women. Needed steps include: (i) improving access to assets and productive inputs, (ii) providing access to child- and eldercare, (iii) eliminating disincentives and barriers embedded in labor taxation and regulation, and (iv) increasing the employability of women through effective active labor market policies and adequate skills and training. Cross-cutting policies around social norms and discrimination, better access to information, and improved monitoring and evaluation systems are also important. 2018-04-02T19:16:54Z 2018-04-02T19:16:54Z 2017 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/362971521446975647/Serbia-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29591 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Notes Europe and Central Asia Serbia
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topic FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR POLICY
GENDER GAP
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER BIAS
HIRING BIAS
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
TAXATION
REGULATION
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO LAND
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
spellingShingle FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR POLICY
GENDER GAP
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER BIAS
HIRING BIAS
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
TAXATION
REGULATION
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO LAND
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
World Bank Group
Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Serbia
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Serbia
description Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in Serbia rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Serbia is not capitalizing on its educated young population, as only 48 percent of 15–64-year-old women are actively contributing to the economy through employment. Closing gender gaps in access to economic opportunities requires removing the existing barriers and disincentives to employment and entrepreneurship for women. Needed steps include: (i) improving access to assets and productive inputs, (ii) providing access to child- and eldercare, (iii) eliminating disincentives and barriers embedded in labor taxation and regulation, and (iv) increasing the employability of women through effective active labor market policies and adequate skills and training. Cross-cutting policies around social norms and discrimination, better access to information, and improved monitoring and evaluation systems are also important.
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author World Bank Group
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title Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Serbia
title_short Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Serbia
title_full Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Serbia
title_fullStr Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Serbia
title_full_unstemmed Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Serbia
title_sort promoting women's access to economic opportunities : serbia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/362971521446975647/Serbia-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29591
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