Why Do So Many Women End Up in 'Bad Jobs'? A Cross-country Assessment for Developing Countries

Angela Luci (), Johannes Jütting () and Morrisson Christian
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Angela Luci: CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
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Abstract: This study addresses gender differentials in labour market outcomes in developing countries. There is emerging evidence that even though women in developing countries increasingly enter the labour force, they often end up in jobs with low pay, low security and limited social mobility. We find that in addition to well-established factors determining labour market outcomes (such as education and training, care obligations and barriers to asset accumulation), social institutions are statistically associated with a gender bias in activity patterns and in occupations by sector and status. Our findings suggest that addressing discriminatory social norms, traditions and laws against women is crucial in allowing women to take up more and better jobs.

Keywords: social institutions; developing countries; gender inequality; job quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-09
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Published in European Journal of Development Research, 2012, 24 (4), pp.530-549. ⟨10.1057/ejdr.2011.54⟩

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DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2011.54

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