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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spelling	okr-10986-314412021-05-25T10:54:37Z What Are the Economic Costs of Gender Gaps in Ethiopia? Buehren, Niklas Gonzalez, Paula Copley, Amy 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 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. 2019-03-26T19:21:39Z 2019-03-26T19:21:39Z 2019-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/245781553488459640/What-Are-the-Economic-Costs-of-Gender-Gaps-in-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31441 English Gender Innovation Policy Initiative; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Ethiopia
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Buehren, Niklas Gonzalez, Paula Copley, Amy What Are the Economic Costs of Gender Gaps in Ethiopia?
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description	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.
format	Brief
author	Buehren, Niklas Gonzalez, Paula Copley, Amy
author_facet	Buehren, Niklas Gonzalez, Paula Copley, Amy
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title	What Are the Economic Costs of Gender Gaps in Ethiopia?
title_short	What Are the Economic Costs of Gender Gaps in Ethiopia?
title_full	What Are the Economic Costs of Gender Gaps in Ethiopia?
title_fullStr	What Are the Economic Costs of Gender Gaps in Ethiopia?
title_full_unstemmed	What Are the Economic Costs of Gender Gaps in Ethiopia?
title_sort	what are the economic costs of gender gaps in ethiopia?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	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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What Are the Economic Costs of Gender Gaps in Ethiopia?

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