Gender-Differentiated Employment Gains
In 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.
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Housewife-to-Entrepreneur Occupational Shift
Participants 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.
Intra-Household Labor Gatekeeping
Nearly 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.
Male Provider Stigma
At baseline, 56% of men anticipated that community members would view them as a bad provider if their wives worked outside the home for pay.