This report, the Ethiopia Gender Diagnostic, presents evidence on the mechanisms underlying gender gaps in the Ethiopian workforce. Using data from the 2011–2016 Ethiopia Socioeconomic Surveys, this report...
Ethiopia has made remarkable economic progress over the past decade, achieving high gross domestic product (GDP) growth, and dramatically reducing poverty. Despite this success, current gender gaps show...
Across Sub-Saharan Africa smallholder farmers depend heavily on manual labor supplied by their households, families, and communities, but women are particularly labor constrained. This research paired...
Growth in Nigeria is central for poverty reduction. Agricultural sector is key for growth in Nigeria. Women are 25 percentage points less likely to manage an agricultural plot than men and those who manage...
A large body of literature on intra-household labor allocation decisions of African farm households and the constraints faced by female farmers in mobilizing labor provides persuasive evidence on the importance...
Across sub-Saharan Africa smallholder farmers depend heavily on manual labor supplied by their households, families, and communities, but women are particularly labor constrained. In southwestern Nigeria...
This paper estimates the impact of a large negative childcare shock on gender gaps in entrepreneurship using the shock created by national COVID-19 school closure policies. The paper leverages a unique...
Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and largest economy. Its abundance of natural resources, large youth population, and vibrant private sector suggest that it has the potential to be a global economic...
Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and largest economy. Its abundance of natural resources, large youth population, and vibrant private sector suggest that it has the potential to be a global economic...
The report focuses on sectoral choice as one of the contributors to the gender gap in firm performance. It explores the difference in profits among female entrepreneurs who cross over into male-dominated...
This paper examines women's power relative to that of their husbands in 23 Sub-Saharan African countries to determine how it affects women's health, reproductive outcomes, children's health, and children's...
Ethiopia has experienced remarkable economic success in recent years. In the past decade, its average annual growth rate far exceeded the regional average, at slightly over 10 percent relative to a regional...
Despite Ethiopia’s remarkable economic progress over the past decade, gender gaps in key economic activities - agriculture, entrepreneurship, and wage employment - indicate that challenges remain to realizing...
Ethiopia has made remarkable economic progress over the past decade, achieving high gross domestic product (GDP) growth and dramatically reducing poverty. Despite this success, current gender gaps show...