Bridging the Gap : Identifying What is Holding Self-Employed Women Back in Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, the Republic of Congo, and Uganda

Bridging the Gap : Identifying What is Holding Self-Employed Women Back in Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, the Republic of Congo, and Uganda

This paper explores the determinants of the gender gap in income earnings in five Sub-Saharan countries: the Republic of Congo, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania. It shows that first, self-employment tends to provide marginally lower average income (with the exception of Ghana and men in Rwan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nix, Emily, Gamberoni, Elisa, Heath, Rachel
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AGRICULTURE
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS
CONSUMERS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
EARNING
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT INCOME
EXPECTED VALUE
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
FEMALE WAGE EMPLOYMENT
FUTURE RESEARCH
GENDER
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER GAP
GENDER GAPS
HIGH INCOME
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME GAP
INCOME GAPS
INCOMES
INNOVATION
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR MARKET
LIQUIDITY
MUTUAL FUND
OPTIMIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
RISK AVERSE
RISK AVERSION
SAVINGS
SMALL BUSINESS
UNITED NATIONS
WAGE
WAGE GAP
WAGE STRUCTURE
WAGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19724505/bridging-gap-identifying-holding-self-employed-women-back-ghana-rwanda-tanzania-republic-congo-uganda
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19378

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