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Encouraging Women’s Economic Opportunities in Croatia: Empirical Evidence of Determinants and Policy Advice

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dc.contributor.authorRobayo-Abril, Monica
dc.contributor.authorTerskaya, Anastasia
dc.contributor.authorVaughan, Kristina Noelle
dc.contributor.authorGarcia Pena, Natalia
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-13T16:34:03Z
dc.date.available2020-10-13T16:34:03Z
dc.date.issued2020-10
dc.description.abstractThis report analyzes potential factors and determinants affecting female labor force participation in Croatia and identifies potential policy options to facilitate greater participation of women in the labor market. Our results show that the main reason for women’s inactivity in Croatia is child-rearing and other family responsibilities. While Croatia provides a generous maternity leave allowance in comparison with other EU countries, the absence of compulsory paternity leave does not encourage the distribution of child-rearing responsibilities between men and women. Childcare responsibilities also hinder mothers of school-age children from participating in economic activity, although this constraint is lower for mothers of children attending schools with longer school days. Our results also show that both informal and formal factors play a role. Patriarchal views—which were demonstrated to be negatively associated with women’s labor force participation—are more prevalent in Croatia than in many European countries; these views tend to be more prevalent among men, older people, and less-educated individuals. Labor market regulations also play an important role: despite recent reforms aimed at relaxing excessively strict employment protection legislation, introducing more flexibility in the labor market, and boosting active labor market policies, Croatia still lags behind its EU counterparts along these dimensions as is reflected in their low ranking on the ease of hiring and firing, a low proportion of flexible forms of employment, and low expenditure and coverage of active labor market policies. Finally, despite being a common reason in the literature for gender wage gaps, we did not find evidence that the systematic selection of women into low-wage occupations contributes significantly to the observed gender wage gaps.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/791821602260137306/Encouraging-Women-s-Economic-Opportunities-in-Croatia-Empirical-Evidence-of-Determinants-and-Policy-Advice
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/34605
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34605
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectCHILDCARE
dc.subjectELDERCARE
dc.subjectSOCIAL NORMS
dc.subjectMATERNITY LEAVE
dc.subjectLABOR POLICY
dc.subjectACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectOCCUPATIONAL CHOICE
dc.titleEncouraging Women’s Economic Opportunities in Croatiaen
dc.title.subtitleEmpirical Evidence of Determinants and Policy Adviceen
dc.typeReporten
dc.typeRapportfr
dc.typeInformees
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleEncouraging Women’s Economic Opportunities in Croatia
okr.date.disclosure2020-10-09
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Women in Development and Gender Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/791821602260137306/Encouraging-Women-s-Economic-Opportunities-in-Croatia-Empirical-Evidence-of-Determinants-and-Policy-Advice
okr.guid791821602260137306
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/34605
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b087e8d44f_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32181117
okr.identifier.report153610
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/791821602260137306/pdf/Encouraging-Women-s-Economic-Opportunities-in-Croatia-Empirical-Evidence-of-Determinants-and-Policy-Advice.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.countryCroatia
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Social Policy
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.unitECCEU
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