How Do Women Weather Economic Shocks? What We Know

Do women weather economic shocks differently than men? First-round impacts of economic crises on women's employment should be more prominent in this recent economic downturn than historically because of women's increased participation in...

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Main Authors: Sabarwal, Shwetlena, Sinha, Nistha, Buvinic, Mayra
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/01/13611628/women-weather-economic-shocks-know
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10113