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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (420 pages) : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 331.4/133096
• Soggetto topico: Sex discrimination in employment - Africa; Sexual division of labor - Africa; Labor market - Africa
• Altri autori: ArbacheJorge Saba KolevAlexandre FilipiakEwa
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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: "A copublication of the Agence francaise de developpement and the World Bank."--T.p.
• 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.: 9910808448003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Africa development forum.; World Bank e-Library.