Gender-Based Employment Segregation : Understanding Causes and Policy Interventions
Employment segregation—the unequal distribution of female and male workers across and within jobtypes—is often at the heart of gender gaps in job quality, wage and employment trajectories. Employment segregation carries important costs for the econ...
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okr-10986-315102021-06-14T10:02:28Z Gender-Based Employment Segregation : Understanding Causes and Policy Interventions Das, Smita Kotikula, Aphichoke GENDER BIAS EMPLOYMENT SEGREGATION LABOR SKILLS LABOR MOBILITY HIRING BIAS PROMOTION PRACTICES WORKPLACE CULTURE LABOR LAW Employment segregation—the unequal distribution of female and male workers across and within jobtypes—is often at the heart of gender gaps in job quality, wage and employment trajectories. Employment segregation carries important costs for the economy, particularly in countries facing a demographic crunch, a dearth of talent among job applicants, or an increasing proportion of households in which women are the primary bread earners. Nevertheless, employment segregation appears to be resilient to economic development and market forces, and it remains present in developed and developing countries alike. This paper discusses the factors that drive employment segregation, and policy prescriptions suggested by the literature. While prescriptions are highly dependent on local context, government policies are most likely to be effective if they strategically address the supply-side and demand-side constraints that are binding for a particular context, address several constraints in parallel if they are simultaneously binding, and carefully consider general equilibrium effects. 2019-04-08T17:21:11Z 2019-04-08T17:21:11Z 2019-04 30-Jul-2019 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/483621554129720460/Gender-Based-Employment-Segregation-Understanding-Causes-and-Policy-Interventions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31510 English Jobs Working Paper;No. 26 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 |
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GENDER BIAS EMPLOYMENT SEGREGATION LABOR SKILLS LABOR MOBILITY HIRING BIAS PROMOTION PRACTICES WORKPLACE CULTURE LABOR LAW Das, Smita Kotikula, Aphichoke Gender-Based Employment Segregation : Understanding Causes and Policy Interventions |
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Employment segregation—the unequal
distribution of female and male workers across and within
jobtypes—is often at the heart of gender gaps in job
quality, wage and employment trajectories. Employment
segregation carries important costs for the economy,
particularly in countries facing a demographic crunch, a
dearth of talent among job applicants, or an increasing
proportion of households in which women are the primary
bread earners. Nevertheless, employment segregation appears
to be resilient to economic development and market forces,
and it remains present in developed and developing countries
alike. This paper discusses the factors that drive
employment segregation, and policy prescriptions suggested
by the literature. While prescriptions are highly dependent
on local context, government policies are most likely to be
effective if they strategically address the supply-side and
demand-side constraints that are binding for a particular
context, address several constraints in parallel if they are
simultaneously binding, and carefully consider general
equilibrium effects. |
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Working Paper |
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Das, Smita Kotikula, Aphichoke |
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Das, Smita Kotikula, Aphichoke |
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Das, Smita |
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Gender-Based Employment Segregation : Understanding Causes and Policy Interventions |
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Gender-Based Employment Segregation : Understanding Causes and Policy Interventions |
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Gender-Based Employment Segregation : Understanding Causes and Policy Interventions |
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Gender-Based Employment Segregation : Understanding Causes and Policy Interventions |
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Gender-Based Employment Segregation : Understanding Causes and Policy Interventions |
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gender-based employment segregation : understanding causes and policy interventions |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/483621554129720460/Gender-Based-Employment-Segregation-Understanding-Causes-and-Policy-Interventions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31510 |
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