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Leaning in at Home: Women's Promotions and Intra-household Bargaining in Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorUckat, Hannah
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-23T16:37:26Z
dc.date.available2023-03-23T16:37:26Z
dc.date.issued2023-03-23
dc.description.abstractIt is established that entering employment improves a woman's bargaining position in the household. This paper investigates whether a woman's career advancement further improves her intra-household bargaining power. The analysis exploits quasi-random participation in a career promotion program in Bangladesh's garment industry to causally estimate the impact of women's promotion on household decision-making. The findings show that women who participate in the promotion program gain bargaining power as measured by higher expenditures on women (51%) and girls (74%), and on remittances (58%). The promotion-related income effect only partially explains these increases, suggesting that women gain more agency over household income more generally. Further, these new female managers now serve as role models to their staff. The paper finds that the direct effects spill over to women who are quasi-randomly exposed to the new female managers, who also report more say in household decisions. Complementarities between women's positions in the workplace and in the household appear important.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099259503202324609/IDU0f776bf4e0723e0481f09732069b5c938c282
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10370
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39586
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers; 10370
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectGENDER AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING AND POVERTY
dc.subjectWOMENS CAREER IMPACT
dc.subjectWOMENS AGENCY
dc.subjectFEMALE MANAGERS
dc.subjectTEXTILE INDUSTRY JOBS
dc.subjectFEMALE ROLE MODELS
dc.titleLeaning in at Homeen
dc.title.subtitleWomen's Promotions and Intra-household Bargaining in Bangladeshen
dc.typeWorking Paper
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleLeaning in at Home: Women's Promotions and Intra-household Bargaining in Bangladesh
okr.date.disclosure2023-03-20
okr.date.lastmodified2023-03-20T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099259503202324609/IDU0f776bf4e0723e0481f09732069b5c938c282
okr.guid099259503202324609
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10370
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34024399
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34024399
okr.identifier.reportWPS10370
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okr.importedtrueen
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099259503202324609/pdf/IDU0f776bf4e0723e0481f09732069b5c938c282.pdfen
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economic Policy
okr.topicGender::Gender and Social Development
okr.topicLaw and Development::Law and Gender
okr.topicSocial Development::Children and Youth
okr.unitDIME Econ Transformation &Growth (DIME1)
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