Improving the Measurement of Rural Women's Employment : Global Momentum and Survey Research Priorities

Rural economies are in transition around the world; in many countries, improved technology and linkages across sectors have expanded access to markets and accelerated production for some farmers. At the same time, rural areas globally are facing a...

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Main Authors:	Koolwal, Gayatri B., Koolwal, Gayatri
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE AGRICULTURE UNPAID WORK HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS UNDERUTILIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/938101556812458877/Improving-the-Measurement-of-Rural-Womens-Employment-Global-Momentum-and-Survey-Research-Priorities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31665

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spelling	okr-10986-316652022-09-20T00:15:01Z Improving the Measurement of Rural Women's Employment : Global Momentum and Survey Research Priorities Koolwal, Gayatri B. Koolwal, Gayatri FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE AGRICULTURE UNPAID WORK HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS UNDERUTILIZATION Rural economies are in transition around the world; in many countries, improved technology and linkages across sectors have expanded access to markets and accelerated production for some farmers. At the same time, rural areas globally are facing a growing base of landless and smallholder farmers, out-migration to urban areas, and persistence of low-skilled, informal, and seasonal jobs where women are often heavily concentrated. Recent global initiatives are examining programs that can effectively raise rural incomes, including how addressing shortfalls in wome's hours worked and earnings can raise rural productivity and growth. But well-designed policies to address these issues require improved counting of individuals' employment, accounting for the complexity of measuring rural women's labor force participation, as well as data on social, economic, and institutional constraints that women face in seeking better economic opportunities. Using recent rounds of the Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda Living Standards and Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture, as well as findings from recent country pilots conducted by the International Labour Organization, this paper discusses best practices and issues to consider when examining rural women's employment in socioeconomic surveys, as well as a survey research agenda to improve measurement. 2019-05-09T20:09:04Z 2019-05-09T20:09:04Z 2019-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/938101556812458877/Improving-the-Measurement-of-Rural-Womens-Employment-Global-Momentum-and-Survey-Research-Priorities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31665 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8840 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Ethiopia Malawi Nigeria Uganda
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spellingShingle	FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE AGRICULTURE UNPAID WORK HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS UNDERUTILIZATION Koolwal, Gayatri B. Koolwal, Gayatri Improving the Measurement of Rural Women's Employment : Global Momentum and Survey Research Priorities
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description	Rural economies are in transition around the world; in many countries, improved technology and linkages across sectors have expanded access to markets and accelerated production for some farmers. At the same time, rural areas globally are facing a growing base of landless and smallholder farmers, out-migration to urban areas, and persistence of low-skilled, informal, and seasonal jobs where women are often heavily concentrated. Recent global initiatives are examining programs that can effectively raise rural incomes, including how addressing shortfalls in wome's hours worked and earnings can raise rural productivity and growth. But well-designed policies to address these issues require improved counting of individuals' employment, accounting for the complexity of measuring rural women's labor force participation, as well as data on social, economic, and institutional constraints that women face in seeking better economic opportunities. Using recent rounds of the Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda Living Standards and Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture, as well as findings from recent country pilots conducted by the International Labour Organization, this paper discusses best practices and issues to consider when examining rural women's employment in socioeconomic surveys, as well as a survey research agenda to improve measurement.
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author	Koolwal, Gayatri B. Koolwal, Gayatri
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title	Improving the Measurement of Rural Women's Employment : Global Momentum and Survey Research Priorities
title_short	Improving the Measurement of Rural Women's Employment : Global Momentum and Survey Research Priorities
title_full	Improving the Measurement of Rural Women's Employment : Global Momentum and Survey Research Priorities
title_fullStr	Improving the Measurement of Rural Women's Employment : Global Momentum and Survey Research Priorities
title_full_unstemmed	Improving the Measurement of Rural Women's Employment : Global Momentum and Survey Research Priorities
title_sort	improving the measurement of rural women's employment : global momentum and survey research priorities
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/938101556812458877/Improving-the-Measurement-of-Rural-Womens-Employment-Global-Momentum-and-Survey-Research-Priorities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31665
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