What Works for Working Women? : Understanding Female Labor Force Participation in Urban Bangladesh

This paper explores the factors that constrain women in slums and low-income neighborhoods in Dhaka from engaging in the labor market and supplying their labor to wage earning or self-employment. It uses unique individual-level data on labor market...

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Main Authors:	Kotikula, Aphichoke, Hill, Ruth, Raza, Wameq Azfar
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Dhaka 2019
Subjects:	FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR SKILLS CHILDCARE URBAN TRANSIT URBAN TRANSPORT GENDER NORMS EMPLOYMENT GENDER GAP HIRING BIAS WAGE GAP
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/265491570091030693/What-Works-for-Working-Women-Understanding-Female-Labor-Force-Participation-in-Urban-Bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32535

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spelling	okr-10986-325352021-05-25T09:28:23Z What Works for Working Women? : Understanding Female Labor Force Participation in Urban Bangladesh Kotikula, Aphichoke Hill, Ruth Raza, Wameq Azfar FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR SKILLS CHILDCARE URBAN TRANSIT URBAN TRANSPORT GENDER NORMS EMPLOYMENT GENDER GAP HIRING BIAS WAGE GAP This paper explores the factors that constrain women in slums and low-income neighborhoods in Dhaka from engaging in the labor market and supplying their labor to wage earning or self-employment. It uses unique individual-level data on labor market participation, time-use, norms, and skills, both cognitive and noncognitive. The data reconfirms well-known patterns associated with FLFP: that is, it is higher in low-income neighborhoods and among women with little education, and younger unmarried women. The paper also highlights the correlation between soft skills and type of work. The paper also quantifies the important correlation between the need for childcare, as well as safety in public spaces and in the workplace. 2019-10-16T16:27:00Z 2019-10-16T16:27:00Z 2019-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/265491570091030693/What-Works-for-Working-Women-Understanding-Female-Labor-Force-Participation-in-Urban-Bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32535 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Dhaka Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper South Asia Bangladesh
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topic	FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR SKILLS CHILDCARE URBAN TRANSIT URBAN TRANSPORT GENDER NORMS EMPLOYMENT GENDER GAP HIRING BIAS WAGE GAP
spellingShingle	FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR SKILLS CHILDCARE URBAN TRANSIT URBAN TRANSPORT GENDER NORMS EMPLOYMENT GENDER GAP HIRING BIAS WAGE GAP Kotikula, Aphichoke Hill, Ruth Raza, Wameq Azfar What Works for Working Women? : Understanding Female Labor Force Participation in Urban Bangladesh
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description	This paper explores the factors that constrain women in slums and low-income neighborhoods in Dhaka from engaging in the labor market and supplying their labor to wage earning or self-employment. It uses unique individual-level data on labor market participation, time-use, norms, and skills, both cognitive and noncognitive. The data reconfirms well-known patterns associated with FLFP: that is, it is higher in low-income neighborhoods and among women with little education, and younger unmarried women. The paper also highlights the correlation between soft skills and type of work. The paper also quantifies the important correlation between the need for childcare, as well as safety in public spaces and in the workplace.
format	Working Paper
author	Kotikula, Aphichoke Hill, Ruth Raza, Wameq Azfar
author_facet	Kotikula, Aphichoke Hill, Ruth Raza, Wameq Azfar
author_sort	Kotikula, Aphichoke
title	What Works for Working Women? : Understanding Female Labor Force Participation in Urban Bangladesh
title_short	What Works for Working Women? : Understanding Female Labor Force Participation in Urban Bangladesh
title_full	What Works for Working Women? : Understanding Female Labor Force Participation in Urban Bangladesh
title_fullStr	What Works for Working Women? : Understanding Female Labor Force Participation in Urban Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed	What Works for Working Women? : Understanding Female Labor Force Participation in Urban Bangladesh
title_sort	what works for working women? : understanding female labor force participation in urban bangladesh
publisher	World Bank, Dhaka
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/265491570091030693/What-Works-for-Working-Women-Understanding-Female-Labor-Force-Participation-in-Urban-Bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32535
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What Works for Working Women? : Understanding Female Labor Force Participation in Urban Bangladesh

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