Publication: Gender-Based Employment Segregation: Understanding Causes and Policy Interventions
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Date
2019-04
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2019-04
Author(s)
Das, Smita
Kotikula, Aphichoke
Carranza, Eliana
Abstract
Employment segregation—the unequal
distribution of female and male workers across and within
jobtypes—is often at the heart of gender gaps in job
quality, wage and employment trajectories. Employment
segregation carries important costs for the economy,
particularly in countries facing a demographic crunch, a
dearth of talent among job applicants, or an increasing
proportion of households in which women are the primary
bread earners. Nevertheless, employment segregation appears
to be resilient to economic development and market forces,
and it remains present in developed and developing countries
alike. This paper discusses the factors that drive
employment segregation, and policy prescriptions suggested
by the literature. While prescriptions are highly dependent
on local context, government policies are most likely to be
effective if they strategically address the supply-side and
demand-side constraints that are binding for a particular
context, address several constraints in parallel if they are
simultaneously binding, and carefully consider general
equilibrium effects.
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“Das, Smita; Kotikula, Aphichoke; Carranza, Eliana. 2019. Gender-Based Employment Segregation: Understanding Causes and Policy Interventions. Jobs Working Paper;No. 26. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31510 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”