What Works for Working Women? : Understanding Female Labor Force Participation in Urban Bangladesh (English)

This paper explores the factors that constrain women in slums and low-income neighborhoods in Dhaka from engaging in the labor market and supplying their labor to wage earning or self-employment. It uses unique individual-level data on labor market participation, time-use, norms, and skills, both cognitive and noncognitive. The data reconfirms well-known patterns associated with FLFP: that is, it is higher in low-income neighborhoods and among women...

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Kotikula,Aphichoke;

Hill,Ruth;

Raza,Wameq Azfar;
Document Date
2019/01/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
142320
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2019/10/03
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
What Works for Working Women? : Understanding Female Labor Force Participation in Urban Bangladesh
Keywords
female labor force participation

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Kotikula,Aphichoke; Hill,Ruth; Raza,Wameq Azfar.

What Works for Working Women? : Understanding Female Labor Force Participation in Urban Bangladesh (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/265491570091030693

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