Assessing Gender Gaps in Employment and Earnings in Africa : The Case of Eswatini

Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini’s first three labor market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country’s gender gaps in employment and earnings. We find that women have notab...

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Main Authors:	Brixiova Schwidrowski, Zuzana, Imai, Susumu, Kangoye, Thierry, Yameogo, Nadege Desiree
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2021
Subjects:	GENDER EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION INCOME GENDER GAP MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS POLICY LABOR MARKET TERTIARY EDUCATION
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35876

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spelling	okr-10986-358762021-07-20T18:57:24Z Assessing Gender Gaps in Employment and Earnings in Africa : The Case of Eswatini Brixiova Schwidrowski, Zuzana Imai, Susumu Kangoye, Thierry Yameogo, Nadege Desiree GENDER EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION INCOME GENDER GAP MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS POLICY LABOR MARKET TERTIARY EDUCATION Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini’s first three labor market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country’s gender gaps in employment and earnings. We find that women have notably lower employment rates and earnings than men, even though the global financial crisis had a less negative impact on women than it had on men. Both unadjusted and unexplained gender earnings gaps are higher in self-employment than in wage employment. Tertiary education and urban location account for a large part of the gender earnings gap and mitigate high female propensity to self-employment. Our findings suggest that policies supporting female higher education and rural-urban mobility could reduce persistent inequalities in Eswatini’s labor market outcomes as well as in other middle-income countries in southern Africa. 2021-06-30T19:00:47Z 2021-06-30T19:00:47Z 2021-07 Journal Article Development Southern Africa 0376-835X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35876 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Eswatini
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topic	GENDER EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION INCOME GENDER GAP MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS POLICY LABOR MARKET TERTIARY EDUCATION
spellingShingle	GENDER EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION INCOME GENDER GAP MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS POLICY LABOR MARKET TERTIARY EDUCATION Brixiova Schwidrowski, Zuzana Imai, Susumu Kangoye, Thierry Yameogo, Nadege Desiree Assessing Gender Gaps in Employment and Earnings in Africa : The Case of Eswatini
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description	Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini’s first three labor market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country’s gender gaps in employment and earnings. We find that women have notably lower employment rates and earnings than men, even though the global financial crisis had a less negative impact on women than it had on men. Both unadjusted and unexplained gender earnings gaps are higher in self-employment than in wage employment. Tertiary education and urban location account for a large part of the gender earnings gap and mitigate high female propensity to self-employment. Our findings suggest that policies supporting female higher education and rural-urban mobility could reduce persistent inequalities in Eswatini’s labor market outcomes as well as in other middle-income countries in southern Africa.
format	Journal Article
author	Brixiova Schwidrowski, Zuzana Imai, Susumu Kangoye, Thierry Yameogo, Nadege Desiree
author_facet	Brixiova Schwidrowski, Zuzana Imai, Susumu Kangoye, Thierry Yameogo, Nadege Desiree
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title	Assessing Gender Gaps in Employment and Earnings in Africa : The Case of Eswatini
title_short	Assessing Gender Gaps in Employment and Earnings in Africa : The Case of Eswatini
title_full	Assessing Gender Gaps in Employment and Earnings in Africa : The Case of Eswatini
title_fullStr	Assessing Gender Gaps in Employment and Earnings in Africa : The Case of Eswatini
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing Gender Gaps in Employment and Earnings in Africa : The Case of Eswatini
title_sort	assessing gender gaps in employment and earnings in africa : the case of eswatini
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2021
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35876
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Assessing Gender Gaps in Employment and Earnings in Africa : The Case of Eswatini

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