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Do Men Really Have Greater Socio-Emotional Skills Than Women? Evidence from Tanzanian Youth

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dc.contributor.authorCassidy, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorDas, Smita
dc.contributor.authorDelavallade, Clara
dc.contributor.authorKipchumba, Elijah
dc.contributor.authorKomba, Julietha
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-22T16:28:52Z
dc.date.available2024-08-22T16:28:52Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-22
dc.description.abstractIndividuals’ socio-emotional skills (SES), and their perceptions of their skill levels, matter for labor market outcomes and other welfare outcomes. Men appear to have higher levels of SES than women, but this gender gap is typically documented in self-reported measures. Few studies use measures beyond self-reports—or seek to measure SES granularly and rigorously in large samples, especially in low- and middle-income countries. This paper deploys novel sets of self-reported and behavioral measures of 14 SES in a sample of more than 4,000 male and female youth not in full-time education, employment or training, in urban and peri-urban Tanzania. The findings show that men score higher than women on all 12 positively-worded self-reported measures. In contrast, gender gaps in behavioral measures are only observed for a few skills, and are far smaller in magnitude. The paper provides suggestive evidence that this pattern reflects men’s overestimation of their own skills, rather than women’s underestimation. In particular, there is a larger gap between self-reported and behavioral measures among men. Men’s self-reports, and the gap between their self-reported and behavioral measures, are strongly correlated with measures of their social desirability and gendered beliefs about abilities—but this does not hold for women.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099158108202466684/IDU1b73c53281b9aa143d31ba721013067b85646
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10873
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42073
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10873
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAFRICA GENDER POLICY
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATION LAB
dc.subjectWOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectWOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectSDG 5
dc.titleDo Men Really Have Greater Socio-Emotional Skills Than Women? Evidence from Tanzanian Youthen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleDo Men Really Have Greater Socio-Emotional Skills Than Women? Evidence from Tanzanian Youth
okr.date.disclosure2024-08-22
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okr.date.lastmodified2024-08-20T00:00:00Zen
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099158108202466684/IDU1b73c53281b9aa143d31ba721013067b85646
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10873
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10873
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34379425
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryTanzania
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.unitGender Impact Evaluation (AFEGI)
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