Gender disparities in Africa's labor market [[electronic resource] /] / Jorge Saba Arbache, Alexandre Kolev, and Ewa Filipiak, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank; London, : Eurospan [distributor], c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (765 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.4 133096
• Soggetto topico: Sex discrimination in employment - Africa; Sexual division of labor - Africa; Labor market - Africa
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ArbacheJorge Saba KolevAlexandre FilipiakEwa
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; About the Editors and Authors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview: Why Study Gender Disparities in Africa's Labor Markets?; Objective of This Book; Countries Covered in the Studies; Book Organization and Topics; The Main Findings on Gender Disparities in Africa; Policy Recommendations and the Way Forward; Part 1: Stylized Facts; Chapter 1: Gender Disparities in Africa's Labor Markets: A Cross-Country Comparison Using Standardized Survey Data ; Part 2: Disparities in Employment, Pay, Education, and Other Dimensions: A Micro-Analysis Chapter 2: Exploring the Gender Pay Gap Through Different Age Cohorts: The Case of Ethiopia; Chapter 3: Gender Disparities in the Malagasy Labor Market; Chapter 4: Gender Differences in Pay in African Manufacturing Firms; Chapter 5: Addressing Gender Inequality in Ethiopia: Trends, Impacts, and the Way Forward; Part 3: Disparities in Labor Income: Macro-Micro Simulations; Chapter 6: Gender, Time Use, and Labor Income in Guinea: Micro and Macro Analyses ; Chapter 7: How Does Growth Affect Labor Income by Gender? A Structural Path Analysis for Tanzania Part 4: Disparities in Time Use; Chapter 8: Gender Disparities in Time Allocation, Time Poverty, and Labor Allocation Across Employment Sectors in Ethiopia; Chapter 9: Domestic Work Time in Sierra Leone; Part 5: Disparities in Bargaining Power; Chapter 10: Gender Labor Income Shares and Human Capital Investment in the Republic of Congo; Chapter 11: Income Generation and Intra-Household Decision Making: A Gender Analysis for Nigeria; Index; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Women's earnings are a fraction of male's earnings in several African countries. It is tempting to conclude that this wage gap is a sign of discrimination against women in the labor market. Yet this book uses new datasets to show that the gap is not simply the result of discrimination in the labor markets, but rather the result of multiple factors, including access to education and credit, cultural values and household duties, and, above all, labor market conditions. It shows that gender disparities grow when economies are not functioning well and labor markets are tiny. More than the effect
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender disparities in Africa's labor market
• ISBN: 1-282-90617-8; 9786612906176; 0-8213-8070-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458215503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II