New Insights on Women’s Employment in Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks

New Insights on Women’s Employment in Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks

Low take-up of job offers and high early turnover continue to affect employment of Ethiopia’s female factory workers. Despite starting factory work around the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the women in our sample still left factory employment pri...

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Main Authors: Ajayi, Kehinde Funmilola, Buehren, Niklas, Cassidy, Rachel Margaret, Salcher, Isabelle
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2022
Subjects:
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/695621645811866333/New-Insights-on-Women-s-Employment-in-Ethiopia-s-Industrial-Parks
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spelling okr-10986-372262022-03-29T05:10:40Z New Insights on Women’s Employment in Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks Ajayi, Kehinde Funmilola Buehren, Niklas Cassidy, Rachel Margaret Salcher, Isabelle AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS Low take-up of job offers and high early turnover continue to affect employment of Ethiopia’s female factory workers. Despite starting factory work around the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the women in our sample still left factory employment primarily for voluntary reasons unrelated to COVID-19. This is consistent with early separation being a longer-term feature of factory employment. Women who voluntarily left their factory jobs reported they had received wages close to the minimum of what they were expecting. Much of the COVID-related separations we observe are “voluntary”, with women choosing to leave factory jobs and mainly staying at home due to personal health concerns. Therefore, while measures to reinforce input chains and demand for factory orders remain key, immediate interventions to address workers’ health and safety concerns are crucial to counter voluntary quitting in times of a public health crisis. 2022-03-28T19:24:45Z 2022-03-28T19:24:45Z 2021-10-01 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/695621645811866333/New-Insights-on-Women-s-Employment-in-Ethiopia-s-Industrial-Parks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37226 English Gender Innovation Policy Initiative for Ethiopia; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Brief Publications & Research Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Ethiopia
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topic AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
spellingShingle AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
Ajayi, Kehinde Funmilola
Buehren, Niklas
Cassidy, Rachel Margaret
Salcher, Isabelle
New Insights on Women’s Employment in Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks
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description Low take-up of job offers and high early turnover continue to affect employment of Ethiopia’s female factory workers. Despite starting factory work around the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the women in our sample still left factory employment primarily for voluntary reasons unrelated to COVID-19. This is consistent with early separation being a longer-term feature of factory employment. Women who voluntarily left their factory jobs reported they had received wages close to the minimum of what they were expecting. Much of the COVID-related separations we observe are “voluntary”, with women choosing to leave factory jobs and mainly staying at home due to personal health concerns. Therefore, while measures to reinforce input chains and demand for factory orders remain key, immediate interventions to address workers’ health and safety concerns are crucial to counter voluntary quitting in times of a public health crisis.
format Brief
author Ajayi, Kehinde Funmilola
Buehren, Niklas
Cassidy, Rachel Margaret
Salcher, Isabelle
author_facet Ajayi, Kehinde Funmilola
Buehren, Niklas
Cassidy, Rachel Margaret
Salcher, Isabelle
author_sort Ajayi, Kehinde Funmilola
title New Insights on Women’s Employment in Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks
title_short New Insights on Women’s Employment in Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks
title_full New Insights on Women’s Employment in Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks
title_fullStr New Insights on Women’s Employment in Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks
title_full_unstemmed New Insights on Women’s Employment in Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks
title_sort new insights on women’s employment in ethiopia’s industrial parks
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2022
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/695621645811866333/New-Insights-on-Women-s-Employment-in-Ethiopia-s-Industrial-Parks
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