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...
Main Authors: | Islam, Asif, Muzi, Silvia, Amin, Mohammad |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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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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