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Understanding the Main Determinants of Telework and Its Role in Women’s Labor Force Participation

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dc.contributor.authorInchauste, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorSiravegna, Mariel Cecilia
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-05T14:59:15Z
dc.date.available2024-09-05T14:59:15Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-05
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies telework as an opportunity to increase women’s labor force participation in Mexico. Using data on the availability and use of information technology in households, the paper models women’s labor force participation and worksite choice during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that telework can potentially increase female labor force participation, particularly among college-educated women. Although this is not the largest segment of women out of the labor force, as many as one in five women with higher education remain outside the labor market in Mexico. In addition, the findings show that family conditions are a clear divide in labor force status between men and women, whereas age, education, and socioeconomic status are not. Caring for children and looking after their husbands or partners seems to be a responsibility that affects women’s decision to work. To promote female workers’ engagement in the workforce, policies that encourage part-time and hybrid work arrangements, along with well thought out child and senior care programs and access to internet infrastructure need to be considered. Overall, bringing these workers into the labor force would result in productivity and growth gains for the country.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099713409032438274/IDU129130bf41569914ca01bf9a170cb48a07f34
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10889
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42118
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10889
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectHOME-BASED WORK
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE DECISION
dc.subjectCARE RESPONSIBILITIES
dc.subjectWOMEN AND WORK
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectSDG 5
dc.subjectDECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectSDG 8
dc.titleUnderstanding the Main Determinants of Telework and Its Role in Women’s Labor Force Participationen
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://reproducibility.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/163 Link to data and reproducibility package
okr.crossref.titleUnderstanding the Main Determinants of Telework and Its Role in Women’s Labor Force Participation
okr.date.disclosure2024-09-05
okr.date.lastmodified2024-09-03T00:00:00Zen
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10889
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10889
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryMexico
okr.sectorHealth-HG,Early Childhood Education,Social Protection
okr.themeLabor Market Institutions,Municipal Institution Building,Job Creation,Gender,Human Development and Gender,Private Sector Development,Labor Market Policy and Programs,Public Sector Management,Adolescent Health,Jobs,Health Systems and Policies,Public Administration
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitEFI-LCR-POV-Poverty and Equity (ELCPV)
okr.unitEFI-AFR2-POV-Poverty and Equity (EAWPV)
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