How costly are labor gender gaps ? estimates for the Balkans and Turkey (English)

In this paper, survey data are used to document the presence of gender gaps in self-employment, employership, and labor force participation in seven Balkan countries and Turkey. The paper examines the quantitative effects of the gender gaps on aggregate productivity and income per capita in these countries. In the model used to carry out this calculation, agents choose between being workers, self-employed, or employers, and women face several restrictions...

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Cuberes,David;

Teignier,Marc;
Document Date
2015/06/22
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7319
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Turkiye,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2015/06/22
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
How costly are labor gender gaps ? estimates for the Balkans and Turkey
Keywords
Gender Gap

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Cuberes,David; Teignier,Marc.

How costly are labor gender gaps ? estimates for the Balkans and Turkey (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7319 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/999501467991022574

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