Ethiopia Gender Diagnostic Report : Priorities for Promoting Equity

Ethiopia has experienced remarkable economic success in recent years. In the past decade, its average annual growth rate far exceeded the regional average, at slightly over 10 percent relative to a regional 5 percent. Despite significant economic g...

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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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spelling okr-10986-314202021-06-14T10:00:46Z Ethiopia Gender Diagnostic Report : Priorities for Promoting Equity World Bank GENDER GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY WOMEN IN LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER GAP AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT WAGES WAGE GAP LABOR MARKET LABOR SKILLS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT Ethiopia has experienced remarkable economic success in recent years. In the past decade, its average annual growth rate far exceeded the regional average, at slightly over 10 percent relative to a regional 5 percent. Despite significant economic growth, however, women continue to face significant barriers in the workforce. The unmet potential of women in the workforce is intrinsically linked to a lack of opportunities for women in education, health, and human rights. This report presents evidence on the mechanisms underlying gender gaps in the Ethiopian workforce. Using data from the 2011-2016 Ethiopia socioeconomic surveys, this report provides a detailed understanding of the constraints faced by female farmers, entrepreneurs, and employees. To that end, the diagnostic makes four key contributions: first, this report provides an overview of the labor force in Ethiopia and identifies the factors that predict whether, how much, and in what sector an individual works. Second, this report uses Oaxaca-blinder decompositions to measure and account for gender gaps in economic outcomes in agriculture, self-employment, and wage labor. Third, this report identifies the links between labor market skills, social norms, and gender gaps in the Ethiopian workforce. Fourth it provides policy makers with a menu of innovative programming examples. 2019-03-19T19:52:15Z 2019-03-19T19:52:15Z 2019-03-17 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/300021552881249070/Ethiopia-Gender-Diagnostic-Report-Priorities-for-Promoting-Equity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31420 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 :: Country Gender Assessment Africa Ethiopia
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topic GENDER
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
WOMEN IN LABOR FORCE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
GENDER GAP
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
WAGES
WAGE GAP
LABOR MARKET
LABOR SKILLS
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle GENDER
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
WOMEN IN LABOR FORCE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
GENDER GAP
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
WAGES
WAGE GAP
LABOR MARKET
LABOR SKILLS
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
World Bank
Ethiopia Gender Diagnostic Report : Priorities for Promoting Equity
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Ethiopia
description Ethiopia has experienced remarkable economic success in recent years. In the past decade, its average annual growth rate far exceeded the regional average, at slightly over 10 percent relative to a regional 5 percent. Despite significant economic growth, however, women continue to face significant barriers in the workforce. The unmet potential of women in the workforce is intrinsically linked to a lack of opportunities for women in education, health, and human rights. This report presents evidence on the mechanisms underlying gender gaps in the Ethiopian workforce. Using data from the 2011-2016 Ethiopia socioeconomic surveys, this report provides a detailed understanding of the constraints faced by female farmers, entrepreneurs, and employees. To that end, the diagnostic makes four key contributions: first, this report provides an overview of the labor force in Ethiopia and identifies the factors that predict whether, how much, and in what sector an individual works. Second, this report uses Oaxaca-blinder decompositions to measure and account for gender gaps in economic outcomes in agriculture, self-employment, and wage labor. Third, this report identifies the links between labor market skills, social norms, and gender gaps in the Ethiopian workforce. Fourth it provides policy makers with a menu of innovative programming examples.
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title Ethiopia Gender Diagnostic Report : Priorities for Promoting Equity
title_short Ethiopia Gender Diagnostic Report : Priorities for Promoting Equity
title_full Ethiopia Gender Diagnostic Report : Priorities for Promoting Equity
title_fullStr Ethiopia Gender Diagnostic Report : Priorities for Promoting Equity
title_full_unstemmed Ethiopia Gender Diagnostic Report : Priorities for Promoting Equity
title_sort ethiopia gender diagnostic report : priorities for promoting equity
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/300021552881249070/Ethiopia-Gender-Diagnostic-Report-Priorities-for-Promoting-Equity
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