Women Managers and the Gender-Based Gap in Access to Education : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Developing Countries
A number of studies explore the differences in men's and women's labor market participation rates and wages. Some of these differences have been linked to gender disparities in education access and attainment. The present paper contributes to this literature by analyzing the relationship b...
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okr-10986-235242021-04-23T14:04:15Z Women Managers and the Gender-Based Gap in Access to Education : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Developing Countries Islam, Asif Amin, Mohammad gender gaps gender disparities gender inequality edcuation employment A number of studies explore the differences in men's and women's labor market participation rates and wages. Some of these differences have been linked to gender disparities in education access and attainment. The present paper contributes to this literature by analyzing the relationship between the proclivity of a firm having a top woman manager and access to education among women relative to men in the country. The study combines the literature on women's careers in management, which has mostly focused on developed countries, with the development literature that has emphasized the importance of access to education. Using firm-level data for seventy-three developing countries in 2007–10, the study finds strong evidence that countries with a higher proportion of top women managers also have higher enrollment rates for women relative to men in primary, secondary, and tertiary education. 2015-12-28T18:48:03Z 2015-12-28T18:48:03Z 2015-10-06 Journal Article Feminist Economics 1354-5701 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23524 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research |
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A number of studies explore the differences in men's and women's labor market participation rates and wages. Some of these differences have been linked to gender disparities in education access and attainment. The present paper contributes to this literature by analyzing the relationship between the proclivity of a firm having a top woman manager and access to education among women relative to men in the country. The study combines the literature on women's careers in management, which has mostly focused on developed countries, with the development literature that has emphasized the importance of access to education. Using firm-level data for seventy-three developing countries in 2007–10, the study finds strong evidence that countries with a higher proportion of top women managers also have higher enrollment rates for women relative to men in primary, secondary, and tertiary education. |
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Islam, Asif Amin, Mohammad |
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Women Managers and the Gender-Based Gap in Access to Education : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Developing Countries |
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Women Managers and the Gender-Based Gap in Access to Education : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Developing Countries |
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Women Managers and the Gender-Based Gap in Access to Education : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Developing Countries |
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Women Managers and the Gender-Based Gap in Access to Education : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Developing Countries |
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Women Managers and the Gender-Based Gap in Access to Education : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Developing Countries |
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women managers and the gender-based gap in access to education : evidence from firm-level data in developing countries |
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