What Are the Economic Costs of Gender Gaps in Ethiopia?

What Are the Economic Costs of Gender Gaps in Ethiopia?

Despite Ethiopia’s remarkable economic progress over the past decade, gender gaps in key economic activities - agriculture, entrepreneurship, and wage employment - indicate that challenges remain to realizing the full potential of women’s economic...

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Main Authors: Buehren, Niklas, Gonzalez, Paula, Copley, Amy
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
GENDER GAP
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
WAGE GAP
AGRICULTURE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/245781553488459640/What-Are-the-Economic-Costs-of-Gender-Gaps-in-Ethiopia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31441
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Summary:Despite Ethiopia’s remarkable economic progress over the past decade, gender gaps in key economic activities - agriculture, entrepreneurship, and wage employment - indicate that challenges remain to realizing the full potential of women’s economic empowerment. Differences in simple averages between men and women show that women lag men by 36 percent in agricultural productivity, by 79 percent in business sales, and by 44 percent in hourly wages. This brief examines the costs of these gender gaps and estimates the potential gains from closing them.

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