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Barriers to Entry: Decomposing the Gender Gap in Job Search in Urban Pakistan

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dc.contributor.authorGentile, Elisabetta
dc.contributor.authorKohli, Nikita
dc.contributor.authorSubramanian, Nivedhitha
dc.contributor.authorTirmazee, Zunia
dc.contributor.authorVyborny, Kate
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-13T15:09:37Z
dc.date.available2025-06-13T15:09:37Z
dc.date.issued2025-06-13
dc.description.abstractGender gaps in labor market outcomes persist in South Asia. An open question is whether supply- or demand-side constraints play a larger role. This paper investigates this using matched data from three sources in Lahore, Pakistan: representative samples of jobseekers and employers, administrative data from a job matching platform, and an incentivized binary choice experiment. Employers’ gender restrictions are a larger constraint on women’s job opportunities than supply-side decisions. This demand-side gap in the quantity of job opportunities closes as education levels increase and jobs become more “white-collar.”en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099202206102542569
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-11142
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/43332
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 11142
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectJOB SEARCH
dc.subjectJOBS PLATFORM
dc.subjectVACANCIES
dc.subjectAPPLICATIONS
dc.titleBarriers to Entryen
dc.title.subtitleDecomposing the Gender Gap in Job Search in Urban Pakistanen
dc.typeWorking Paper
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.disclosure2025-06-13
okr.date.doiregistration2025-06-15T02:11:26.715612Z
okr.date.lastmodified2025-06-13T11:05:56Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099202206102542569
okr.guid099202206102542569
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-57ad2137-57fd-4dbd-843d-434aa8c32dd7
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-11142
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum40020561
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum40020561
okr.identifier.reportWPS11142
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okr.pdfurlhttps://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099202206102542569/pdf/IDU-57ad2137-57fd-4dbd-843d-434aa8c32dd7.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryPakistan
okr.sectorFY17 - Social Protection
okr.sectorSocial Protection
okr.themeFY17 - Data production, accessibility and use,FY17 - Data Development and Capacity Building,FY17 - Gender
okr.themeFY17 - Human Development and Gender,FY17 - Public Sector Management
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economics and Gender
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Work & Working Conditions
okr.unitSocial SAR PM1 (SSAS1)
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