Tag
female_employment
6 findings
Labour & employmentGender-Differentiated Employment GainsIn the Democratic Republic of the Congo, overall public works program increases in participant employment probability and average hours worked were driven primarily by female employment gains.RCTLabour & employmentHousewife-to-Entrepreneur Occupational ShiftParticipants who attended business training with a friend experienced a 4 percentage point (40 percent relative) reduction in reporting their primary occupation as housewife, accompanied by significantly increased labor hours worked and higher total sales compared to control subjects.RCTSociety & networksIntra-Household Labor GatekeepingNearly 25% of women and 33% of men agreed that "women cannot go out to work," and a majority of married women reported that their husbands had the primary say in employment decisions.RCTSociety & networksMale Provider StigmaAt baseline, 56% of men anticipated that community members would view them as a bad provider if their wives worked outside the home for pay.RCTLabour & employmentRural-to-Urban Migrant Female Labor VulnerabilityBaseline data context reveals severe retention, attendance, and well-being challenges among rural female migrants; impact evaluation tracking intervention effects ongoing.Observational StudyLabour & employmentWorkplace Network Expansion for Family Planning InformationBaseline state survey revealed 40% female employment compared to 78% male employment; evaluation measures whether job expansion builds social networks that make family planning accessible and affordable.RCT