Women in Paid Employment: A Role for Public Policies and Social Norms in Guatemala

doi:10.1080/13600818.2023.2202384

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Women in Paid Employment: A Role for Public Policies and Social Norms in Guatemala

dc.contributor.author	Almeida, Rita K.
dc.date.accessioned	2023-08-07T12:58:54Z
dc.date.available	2023-08-07T12:58:54Z
dc.date.issued	2023-05-03
dc.description.abstract	With only 32% of women in the labor market, Guatemala has one of the lowest rates of female labor force participation (FLFP) in the Latin America and Caribbean region and in the world. We explore information from different micro data sets, including the most recent population censuses (2002 and 2018) to assess the drivers of recent progress. Between 2002 and 2018, FLFP increased from an average of 26% to 32% nationwide. This increase was partly explained by increases in the school attainment of women, reduction in fertility and the country’s structural transformation towards services. However, a large part of the increase remains unexplained. Exploring 2018 data, we show that social norms, attitudes towards women and public policies are important determinants of FLFP. The analysis suggests that, taken together, these factors can all become an important source of increased participation of women in the labor market moving forward.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Oxford Development Studies
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/40152
dc.identifier.issn	1360-0818 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1469-9966 (online)
dc.identifier.uri	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40152
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	GUATEMALA
dc.title	Women in Paid Employment	en
dc.title.subtitle	A Role for Public Policies and Social Norms in Guatemala	en
dc.type	Journal Article
dspace.entity.type	Publication
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okr.crossref.title	Women in Paid Employment: A Role for Public Policies and Social Norms in Guatemala
okr.date.disclosure	2024-11-03
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.identifier.doi	10.1080/13600818.2023.2202384
okr.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40152
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pagenumber	252-279
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country	Guatemala
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Development
okr.topic	Gender::Gender Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.volume	51 (3)
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