Unequal Laws and the Disempowerment of Women in the Labor Market : Evidence from Firm-Level Data

Unequal Laws and the Disempowerment of Women in the Labor Market : Evidence from Firm-Level Data

Institutions are defined as the set of rules that govern human interactions. When these rules are discriminatory, they may disempower segments of a population in the economic spheres of activity. This study explores whether laws that discriminate a...

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Main Authors: Islam, Asif, Muzi, Silvia, Amin, Mohammad
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
GENDER
EMPOWERMENT
FINANCIAL INCLUSION
EMPLOYMENT
INEQUALITY
LABOR MARKET
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/454601505997236193/Unequal-laws-and-the-disempowerment-of-women-in-the-labor-market-evidence-from-firm-level-data
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28447

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/454601505997236193/Unequal-laws-and-the-disempowerment-of-women-in-the-labor-market-evidence-from-firm-level-data
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28447

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