Documents et rapports

Gender, Social Support, and Political Speech : Evidence from Twitter (anglais)

Despite evidence that women’s political preferences differ from those of men, women are less likely to participate in political and social discussions on Twitter and other social media. Following recent...

Measuring Employment : Experimental Evidence from Urban Ghana (anglais)

Using a randomized survey experiment in urban Ghana, this paper demonstrates that the length of the reference period and the interview modality (in person or over the phone) affect how people respond in...

The Effects of International Scrutiny on Manufacturing Workers : Evidence from the Rana Plaza Collapse in Bangladesh (anglais)

After the tragic factory collapse of Rana Plaza in 2013, both the direct reforms and indirect responses of retailers have plausibly affected workers in the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh...

Labor Supply Responses to Health Shocks : Evidence from High-Frequency Labor Market Data from Urban Ghana (anglais)

Workers in developing countries are subject to frequent health shocks. Using 10 weeks of high-frequency labor market data that were collected in urban Ghana, this paper documents that men are 9 percentage...

Bridging the gender gap : identifying what is holding self-employed women back in Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Republic of Congo (anglais)

Quantile decomposition methods are used to study the determinants of the gender gap in self-employment earnings across the earnings distribution of four Sub-Saharan countries: the Republic of Congo, Ghana...

Bridging the gap : identifying what is holding self-employed women back in Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, the Republic of Congo, and Uganda (anglais)

Does demand or supply constrain investments in education? Evidence from garment sector jobs in Bangladesh (anglais)

This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study; entitled Does demand or supply constrain investments in education? Evidence from garment sector jobs in Bangladesh, conducted in the...

Women's access to labor market opportunities, control of household resources, and domestic violence (anglais)

While there are many positive societal implications of increased female labor force opportunities, some theoretical models and empirical evidence suggest that working can increase a woman's risk of suffering...