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The Role of Technology in Reducing the Gender Gap in Productivity

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dc.contributor.authorCirera, Xavier
dc.contributor.authorCruz, Marcio
dc.contributor.authorMartins-Neto, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorLee, Kyungmin
dc.contributor.authorNogueira, Caroline
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-16T14:10:51Z
dc.date.available2024-05-16T14:10:51Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-16
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores new firm-level data to examine the gender gap in technology adoption and the associated effect on firm performance. The data show a small difference in technology sophistication between firms managed by women and those managed by men, but there are larger differences in terms of labor productivity. Firms with female top managers are just as likely to adopt the most sophisticated technologies for general business functions that are common across all firms except for enterprise resource planning. However, firms managed by women adopt advanced technologies less frequently for sector-specific business functions. The study also finds that firms with higher technology sophistication tend to have higher productivity and the returns to the use of more sophisticated technologies are larger in businesses managed by women, which helps to narrow the productivity gap between firms managed by women and those managed by men.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099701005152432429/IDU19d64fdd31725014bd11a04b1ee26fb7aba61
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10771
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41551
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10771
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectSDG 5
dc.subjectINDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectSDG 9
dc.titleThe Role of Technology in Reducing the Gender Gap in Productivityen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleThe Role of Technology in Reducing the Gender Gap in Productivity
okr.date.disclosure2024-05-16
okr.date.lastmodified2024-05-15T00:00:00Zen
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10771
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10771
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okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.sectorICT Services,Other Industry, Trade and Services
okr.themeAdaptation,Mitigation,ICT Policies,Entrepreneurship,Gender,Human Development and Gender,ICT,ICT Solutions,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Enterprise Development,Private Sector Development,Innovation and Technology Policy,Regulation and Competition Policy,Climate change,Business Enabling Environment
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Finance and Development
okr.topicScience and Technology Development::Innovation
okr.topicGender::Gender Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicScience and Technology Development::Technology Innovation
okr.unitEFI-FCI-TIC-Markets
okr.unitCompet.&Tech (ETIMT)
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