Addressing Gender-Based Segregation through Information: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in the Republic of Congo

Marine Gassier, Léa Rouanet and Lacina Traore

Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2024, vol. 73, issue 1, 167 - 193

Abstract: This paper tests the effect of randomly providing information on trade-specific earnings on trade choice of men and women applying to a vocational training program in the Republic of Congo. When receiving this information, both men and women apply to be trained in more lucrative trades. As a result, treated women are 28.6% more likely to apply to a traditionally male-dominated trade. These findings suggest that this kind of low-cost information intervention can be an effective way to reduce the gender gap in earnings.

Date: 2024
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