Gender and vulnerable employment in the developing world: Evidence from global microdata
Maria Lo Bue,
Tu Thi Ngoc Le,
Manuel Santos Silva and
Kunal Sen
No wp-2021-154, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
Abstract:
This paper investigates gender inequality in vulnerable employment: forms of employment typically featuring high precariousness, inadequate earnings, and lack of decent working conditions. Using a large collection of harmonized household surveys from developing countries, we measure long-term trends, describe geographical patterns, and estimate correlates of gender inequalities in vulnerable employment. Conditional on individual and household characteristics, women are 7 percentage points more likely to be in vulnerable employment than men.
Keywords: Vulnerable employment; Gender gap; Developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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