Policies to support women’s paid work

Gianna Claudia Giannelli ()

IZA World of Labor, 2015, No 157, 157

Abstract: Engaging in paid work is generally difficult for women in developing countries. Many women work unpaid in family businesses or on farms, are engaged in low-income self-employment activities, or work in low-paid wage employment. In some countries, vocational training or grants for starting a business have been effective policy tools for supporting women’s paid work. Mostly lacking, however, are job and business training programs that take into account how mothers’ employment affects child welfare. Access to free or subsidized public childcare can increase women’s labor force participation and improve children’s well-being.

Keywords: female employment; paid work; vocational training; cash grants; child well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I25 J13 J16 J22 J61 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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