Unequal Laws and the Disempowerment of Women in the Labour Market: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

Islam, Asif; Muzi, Silvia; Amin, Mohammad

doi:10.1080/00220388.2018.1487055

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“…In another interesting study, based on a sample of over 50,000 firms belonging to about 100 economies, Islam, Muzi, and Amin (2019) have found that the type of legislation and its ability to guarantee gender equality matters. Moreover, access to finance, property ownership, business registration, and labour market constraints are pathways by which legal gender disparities disempower women in the private sector in the sample of countries considered.…”

Section: In a United Nations World Tourism Organization (Unwto)mentioning

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Assessing the role of women in tourism related sectors in the Caribbean

Webster

Hope²

2020

Journal of Tourism Research

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This study contributes to the rapidly growing literature on women in tourism. It focuses on a group of 13 Caribbean countries. The study analyses the impact of women in apical positions within firms (top manager or owner) on firm performance-productivity, profitability and female employment. For this both a decomposition model and the Inverse Probability Weighted Regression Adjustment (IPWRA) estimator are used. The analysis finds that opportunities for women in these positions in the Caribbean are constrained to less productive and profitable firms, as elsewhere. However, those firms with females at the top employ more women, particularly in management roles.

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Section: In a United Nations World Tourism Organization (Unwto)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the role of women in tourism related sectors in the Caribbean

Webster

Hope²

2020

Journal of Tourism Research

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“…Similarly, in some economies, when a woman applies for a passport, there are additional steps that she must take, such as obtaining permission from her spouse or providing additional documentation such as a marriage certificate, which are not imposed upon male applicants. Several analyses suggest that the topics covered under the Mobility indicator are associated with women's economic outcomes (see , for example, Demirguc-Kunt, Klapper, and Singer 2013; Islam, Muzi, and Amin 2019;and Htun, Jensenius, and Nelson-Nuñez 2019).…”

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Gendered Laws and Women in the Workforce

Hyland

Djankov

Goldberg

2020

American Economic Review: Insights

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This paper offers for the first time a global picture of gender discrimination by the law as it affects women's economic opportunity and charts the evolution of legal inequalities over five decades. Using the World Bank's newly constructed Women, Business and the Law database, we document large and persistent gender inequalities, especially with regard to pay and treatment of parenthood. We find positive correlations between more equal laws pertaining to women in the workforce and more equal labor market outcomes, such as higher female labor force participation and a smaller wage gap between men and women. (JEL D63, J16, J31, J71, J78, K31, K38)

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“…Indeed, empirical studies suggest that eliminating gender-based differential treatments for entrepreneurs has positive impacts on women's empowerment. For instance, Islam, Muzi, and Amin (2018) find that laws prohibiting gender-based discrimination by creditors and laws enabling women to register a business-like men are positively associated with female participation in business ownership.…”

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The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by ADB in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term "country" in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.

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Unequal Laws and the Disempowerment of Women in the Labour Market: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

Cited by 46 publications

References 43 publications

Assessing the role of women in tourism related sectors in the Caribbean

Assessing the role of women in tourism related sectors in the Caribbean

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