Gender disparities in Africa's labor market /
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2010. |
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| Description: | xxviii, 420 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Africa development forum Africa development forum. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8155687 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- About the Editors and Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Overview
- Why Study Gender Disparities in Africa's Labor Markets?
- Objective of this Book
- Countries Covered in the Studies
- Book Organization and Topics
- The Main Findings on Gender Disparities in Africa
- Policy Recommendations and the Way Forward
- Part 1. Stylized Facts
- 1. Gender Disparities in Africa's Labor Markets: A Cross-Country Comparison Using Standardized Survey Data
- Data and Concepts
- Gender Differences in Labor Market Outcomes
- Gender Disparities at Work
- The Role of Educational Attainment and Gender Inequalities in Education
- Conclusions
- Annex
- Part 2. Disparities in Employment, Pay, Education, and other Dimensions: A Micro-Analysis
- 2. Exploring the Gender Pay Gap Through Different Age Cohorts: The Case of Ethiopia
- Data and Concepts
- Methodology
- Results
- Conclusions
- Annex
- 3. Gender Disparities in the Malagasy Labor Market
- Characteristics of the Malagasy Labor Market
- Data, Definitions, and Methods
- Results
- Summary and Concluding Remarks
- Annex 3A. Concepts and Methods
- Annex 3B. Summary Statistics of the Variables used in the Econometric Analysis
- Annex 3C. Determinants of Sectoral Allocation
- Annex 3D. Wage Employment Earnings Equations
- Annex 3E. Earnings Gap Decompositions for Wage Workers
- 4. Gender Differences in Pay in African Manufacturing Firms
- Data and Descriptive Statistics
- Econometric Results
- Conclusions
- Annex 4A. Tables
- Annex 4B. Methodology
- 5. Addressing Gender Inequality in Ethiopia: Trends, Impacts, and the Way Forward
- An International Perspective on Trends in Gender Disparities
- National Data on Gender Disparities over the Last Decade
- The Macroeconomic Benefits of Addressing Gender Inequalities
- Insights from the MAMS Modeling
- Conclusions and Policy Implications
- Annex 5A. Tables
- Annex 5B. A Brief Description of the Engendered Ethiopia MAMS Application
- Part 3. Disparities in Labor Income: Macro-Micro Simulations
- 6. Gender, Time use, and Labor Income in Guinea: Micro and Macro Analyses
- Introduction
- Gender, Labor Income, and Time use from Household Survey Analysis
- Macroeconomic Analysis of Sectoral Growth and Labor Income Shares
- Sectoral Demand Shocks and Impact on Labor Income Shares by Gender
- Conclusion
- Annex 6A. Construction of Total Income in the EBEIP Household Survey
- Annex 6B. Block Decomposition of the SAM Multiplier Matrix
- 7. How does Growth Affect Labor Income by Gender? A Structural Path Analysis for Tanzania
- Introduction
- Main Features of the 2001 Tanzania SAM
- Sectoral Growth and Impact on Labor Income Shares by Gender
- Structural Path Analysis
- Conclusions
- Annex 7A. Structural Path Analysis
- Part 4. Disparities in Time use
- 8. Gender Disparities in Time Allocation, Time Poverty, and Labor Allocation Across Employment Sectors in Ethiopia
- Data, Concepts, and Methodology
- Results
- Conclusions
- Annex 8A.1.
- Annex 8A.2.
- 9. Domestic Work Time in Sierra Leone
- Introduction
- Basic Statistics
- Regression Analysis
- Conclusions
- Part 5. Disparities in Bargaining Power
- 10. Gender Labor Income Shares and Human Capital Investment in the Republic of Congo
- Introduction
- Income Sources in the Republic of Congo
- Impact of Gender Labor Income Shares on Consumption
- Conclusions
- 11. Income Generation and Intra-Household Decision Making: A Gender Analysis for Nigeria
- Introduction
- Data and Basic Statistics
- Econometric Analysis
- Conclusions
- Annex Detailed Regression Results
- Index
- Figures
- 1.1. Labor Force Participation Rate by Gender, around 2000
- 1.2. Relationships Between Male and Female Employment Ratios, around 2000
- 1.3. Women's Share in Total Employment, around 2000
- 1.4. Male-to-Female Employment Ratio by Country, around 2000
- 1.5. Ratio of Unemployment Between Richest and Poorest Households, around 2000
- 1.6. Incidence of Low-Paid Work in Total Wage Employment and Self-Employment, around 2000
- 1.7. Weekly Female-to-Male Pay Ratios, around 2000
- 1.8. Share of Employed Men and Women in Different Employment Status, around 2000
- 1.9. Gender Differences in Sectors of Employment
- 1.10. Gender Differences in Literacy and Education, around 2000
- 1.11. Gender Differences in Enrollment Ratios Among Children Ages 7-12 by Location, around 2000
- 1.12. Gender Differences in Enrollment Ratios Among Children Ages 7-12 by Consumption Quintiles, around 2000
- 3.1. Distribution of Individuals Aged 15 and Older Across all Sectors of Employment in Madagascar
