Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries

Drawing on various macro- and micro-data sources, the authors present robust evidence of an inverted U-shaped relationship between female labor force participation and inequality. Overall, female labor force participation is found to have a strong...

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Main Authors:	Alfani, Federica, Clementi, Fabio, Fabiani, Michele, Molini, Vasco, Valentini, Enzo
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER EQUALITY INEQUALITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LABOR MARKET POVERTY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/525631619204036725/Does-Gender-Equality-in-Labor-Participation-Bring-Real-Equality-Evidence-from-Developed-and-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35518

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spelling	okr-10986-355182022-09-20T00:10:20Z Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries Alfani, Federica Clementi, Fabio Fabiani, Michele Molini, Vasco Valentini, Enzo FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER EQUALITY INEQUALITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LABOR MARKET POVERTY Drawing on various macro- and micro-data sources, the authors present robust evidence of an inverted U-shaped relationship between female labor force participation and inequality. Overall, female labor force participation is found to have a strong and significant dis-equalizing impact in at least three groups of developing countries with relatively low initial levels of participation. A decile-level analysis shows that female labor force participation has higher levels of returns among top deciles compared with the lower deciles in the developing countries analyzed. This evidence focuses attention on the importance of developing policies specifically targeting women in lower deciles of the income distribution. 2021-04-29T14:16:15Z 2021-04-29T14:16:15Z 2021-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/525631619204036725/Does-Gender-Equality-in-Labor-Participation-Bring-Real-Equality-Evidence-from-Developed-and-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35518 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9639 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
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spellingShingle	FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER EQUALITY INEQUALITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LABOR MARKET POVERTY Alfani, Federica Clementi, Fabio Fabiani, Michele Molini, Vasco Valentini, Enzo Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
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description	Drawing on various macro- and micro-data sources, the authors present robust evidence of an inverted U-shaped relationship between female labor force participation and inequality. Overall, female labor force participation is found to have a strong and significant dis-equalizing impact in at least three groups of developing countries with relatively low initial levels of participation. A decile-level analysis shows that female labor force participation has higher levels of returns among top deciles compared with the lower deciles in the developing countries analyzed. This evidence focuses attention on the importance of developing policies specifically targeting women in lower deciles of the income distribution.
format	Working Paper
author	Alfani, Federica Clementi, Fabio Fabiani, Michele Molini, Vasco Valentini, Enzo
author_facet	Alfani, Federica Clementi, Fabio Fabiani, Michele Molini, Vasco Valentini, Enzo
author_sort	Alfani, Federica
title	Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
title_short	Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
title_full	Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
title_fullStr	Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
title_sort	does gender equality in labor participation bring real equality? evidence from developed and developing countries
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/525631619204036725/Does-Gender-Equality-in-Labor-Participation-Bring-Real-Equality-Evidence-from-Developed-and-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35518
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Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries

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