Stubborn Gender Gaps in Paraguay’s Labor Market
This note analyzes household survey data and firm-level data to measure gender gaps in employmentoutcomes over the past 15 years and shed light on the degree to which economic growth has translated into more and better jobs for men and women, and t...
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okr-10986-315082021-05-25T09:22:36Z Stubborn Gender Gaps in Paraguay’s Labor Market Ruppert Bulmer, Elizabeth Scarpari, Raquel Garlati, Adrian LABOR MARKET FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER GAP LABOR DEMAND JOB QUALITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY EMPLOYMENT JOB CREATION This note analyzes household survey data and firm-level data to measure gender gaps in employmentoutcomes over the past 15 years and shed light on the degree to which economic growth has translated into more and better jobs for men and women, and the relative impact on each group. The analysis relies primarily on micro-level data from the annual Encuesta Permanente de Hogares for 2001 through 2016, the Encuesta Continua de Empleo for 2010-2014, the Censo Economico 2011, a census of firms, and the 2015-16 Encuesta de Empresas, a follow-up firm survey. Patterns in labor supply and its correlates will be examined using household-level data, and the analysis will consider how gender and other worker characteristics are related to labor market outcomes. In addition, this note explores the degree to which private sector labor demand and firm productivity differ by gender; this is done using firm-level data to examine the drivers of firm performance and employment growth. The remainder of this note is structured as follows. Section 2 examines recent socio-demographic trends that have affected the number of women entering the labor market in Paraguay. Section 3 looks at gender differentials in labor market outcomes relating to work status, sector of employment and earnings, inter alia. Section 4 considers the gender composition of labor demand by private sector firms, and section 5 concludes with a discussion of policy options for the future. 2019-04-08T17:02:19Z 2019-04-08T17:02:19Z 2019-04-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/394321554410363267/Stubborn-Gender-Gaps-in-Paraguay-s-Labor-Market http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31508 English Jobs Working Paper;No. 28 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Paraguay |
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LABOR MARKET FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER GAP LABOR DEMAND JOB QUALITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY EMPLOYMENT JOB CREATION Ruppert Bulmer, Elizabeth Scarpari, Raquel Garlati, Adrian Stubborn Gender Gaps in Paraguay’s Labor Market |
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This note analyzes household survey data
and firm-level data to measure gender gaps in
employmentoutcomes over the past 15 years and shed light on
the degree to which economic growth has translated into more
and better jobs for men and women, and the relative impact
on each group. The analysis relies primarily on micro-level
data from the annual Encuesta Permanente de Hogares for 2001
through 2016, the Encuesta Continua de Empleo for 2010-2014,
the Censo Economico 2011, a census of firms, and the 2015-16
Encuesta de Empresas, a follow-up firm survey. Patterns in
labor supply and its correlates will be examined using
household-level data, and the analysis will consider how
gender and other worker characteristics are related to labor
market outcomes. In addition, this note explores the degree
to which private sector labor demand and firm productivity
differ by gender; this is done using firm-level data to
examine the drivers of firm performance and employment
growth. The remainder of this note is structured as follows.
Section 2 examines recent socio-demographic trends that have
affected the number of women entering the labor market in
Paraguay. Section 3 looks at gender differentials in labor
market outcomes relating to work status, sector of
employment and earnings, inter alia. Section 4 considers the
gender composition of labor demand by private sector firms,
and section 5 concludes with a discussion of policy options
for the future. |
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Ruppert Bulmer, Elizabeth Scarpari, Raquel Garlati, Adrian |
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Ruppert Bulmer, Elizabeth Scarpari, Raquel Garlati, Adrian |
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Ruppert Bulmer, Elizabeth |
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Stubborn Gender Gaps in Paraguay’s Labor Market |
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Stubborn Gender Gaps in Paraguay’s Labor Market |
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Stubborn Gender Gaps in Paraguay’s Labor Market |
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Stubborn Gender Gaps in Paraguay’s Labor Market |
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Stubborn Gender Gaps in Paraguay’s Labor Market |
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stubborn gender gaps in paraguay’s labor market |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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