The Labor Productivity Gap between Formal Businesses Run by Women and Men

This study analyzes gender differences in labor productivity in the formal private sector, using data from 126 mostly developing economies. The results reveal a sizable unconditional gap, with labor productivity being approximately 11 percent lower among women- than men-managed firms. The analyses a...

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Main Authors:	Islam, Asif, Gaddis, Isis, Palacios López, Amparo, Amin, Mohammad
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2021
Subjects:	FIRMS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35760

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spelling	okr-10986-357602021-07-20T18:50:12Z The Labor Productivity Gap between Formal Businesses Run by Women and Men Islam, Asif Gaddis, Isis Palacios López, Amparo Amin, Mohammad FIRMS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS This study analyzes gender differences in labor productivity in the formal private sector, using data from 126 mostly developing economies. The results reveal a sizable unconditional gap, with labor productivity being approximately 11 percent lower among women- than men-managed firms. The analyses are based on women’s management, which is more strongly associated with labor productivity than women’s participation in ownership, which has been the focus of most previous studies. Decomposition techniques reveal several factors that contribute to lower labor productivity of women-managed firms relative to firms managed by men: Fewer women-managed firms protect themselves from crime and power outages, have their own websites, and are (co-)owned by foreigners. In addition, in the manufacturing sector, women-managed firms are less capitalized and have lower labor costs than firms managed by men. 2021-06-16T14:37:09Z 2021-06-16T14:37:09Z 2020-09-20 Journal Article Feminist Economics 1354-5701 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35760 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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description	This study analyzes gender differences in labor productivity in the formal private sector, using data from 126 mostly developing economies. The results reveal a sizable unconditional gap, with labor productivity being approximately 11 percent lower among women- than men-managed firms. The analyses are based on women’s management, which is more strongly associated with labor productivity than women’s participation in ownership, which has been the focus of most previous studies. Decomposition techniques reveal several factors that contribute to lower labor productivity of women-managed firms relative to firms managed by men: Fewer women-managed firms protect themselves from crime and power outages, have their own websites, and are (co-)owned by foreigners. In addition, in the manufacturing sector, women-managed firms are less capitalized and have lower labor costs than firms managed by men.
format	Journal Article
author	Islam, Asif Gaddis, Isis Palacios López, Amparo Amin, Mohammad
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title	The Labor Productivity Gap between Formal Businesses Run by Women and Men
title_short	The Labor Productivity Gap between Formal Businesses Run by Women and Men
title_full	The Labor Productivity Gap between Formal Businesses Run by Women and Men
title_fullStr	The Labor Productivity Gap between Formal Businesses Run by Women and Men
title_full_unstemmed	The Labor Productivity Gap between Formal Businesses Run by Women and Men
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The Labor Productivity Gap between Formal Businesses Run by Women and Men

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