G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries

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G²LM\|LIC - Whistleblowing and Worker Wellbeing: Evidence from Bangladesh’s Garments Sector Mar 18, 2025 Boudreau, Laura; González-Torres, Ada; Chassang, Sylvain, 2025, "G²LM\|LIC - Whistleblowing and Worker Wellbeing: Evidence from Bangladesh’s Garments Sector", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.510.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1 In many developing countries, the private sector lacks monitoring systems to provide firms with incentives for good behavior. In part, this problem is due to weak, sometimes corrupt state institutions (Dal Bó and Finan, 2016). In part, it may also be due to principal-agent proble...
G²LM\|LIC - Female Entrepreneurship and Professional Networks Feb 21, 2025 Lambon-Quayefio, Monica; Asiedu, Edward; Truffa, Francesca; Wong, Ashley, 2025, "G²LM\|LIC - Female Entrepreneurship and Professional Networks", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.1035.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1 Despite being the only region in the world where there are more female entrepreneurs than men, the vast majority of female-owned businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa are microenterprises and women’s businesses earn 34% lower profits than male-owned ones. Identifying the constraints f...
G²LM\|LIC - The Roles of Information and Search Frictions in Determining Working Conditions in Bangladesh’s Apparel Sector Dec 6, 2024 Heath, Rachel M.; Boudreau, Laura; Das, Narayan, 2024, "G²LM\|LIC - The Roles of Information and Search Frictions in Determining Working Conditions in Bangladesh’s Apparel Sector", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.529.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1 The emergence of low-skill manufacturing sectors in developing countries can increase labor market opportunities and provide other economics benefits for women (Heath and Mobarak, 2015; Tanaka, 2017). But in light of the poor conditions that characterize many low-skill manufactur...
G²LM\|LIC - Overcoming Constraints to Female Labor Force Entry Nov 26, 2024 Ahmed, Hamna; Said, Farah; Mahmud, Mahreen; Saif Tirmazee, Zunia, 2024, "G²LM\|LIC - Overcoming Constraints to Female Labor Force Entry", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.424.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1 We conducted a baseline survey with 2,499 female final year undergraduate students between October 2018 and February 2019.1 Of them, 1,224 (49%) were randomly assigned to the treatment group. The intervention was reinforced between February-May 2019 (intervention reinforcement)....
G²LM\|LIC - A Tough Call: Understanding the Impact of Mobile Technology on Women’s Work, Gender Gaps, and Social Norms Nov 21, 2024 Moore, Charity Troyer; Barboni, Giorgia; Field, Erica; Pande, Rohini; Rigol, Natalia; Schaner, Simone; Jorgensen, Erik; Balarama, Hemawathy, 2024, "G²LM\|LIC - A Tough Call: Understanding the Impact of Mobile Technology on Women’s Work, Gender Gaps, and Social Norms", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.556.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1 Mobile phones can help individuals access information, networks, and resources, allowing them to benefit both socially and economically. Yet in many lower-income countries, women lag men in phone ownership and usage for a variety of economic and normative reasons. To boost women’...
G²LM\|LIC - Uganda Youth Opportunity Program - COVID-19 Survey Sep 30, 2024 Fiala, Nathan; Ankel-Peters, Jörg, 2023, "G²LM\|LIC - Uganda Youth Opportunity Program - COVID-19 Survey", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.5-698.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V3 This study does examine the resilience of young micro-entrepreneurs in the informal sector and their families in rural Uganda against the COVID-19 shock. More specifically, the study investigates how firms have built up considerable amounts of physical and human capital over the...
G²LM\|LIC - Returns to Childcare and Capital: Experimental Evidence from Uganda Sep 30, 2024 Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Ferris, Denise; Gulesci, Selim; Nasgowitz, Arne; Somville, Vincent; Vandewalle, Lore, 2024, "G²LM\|LIC - Returns to Childcare and Capital: Experimental Evidence from Uganda", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.544.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1 The study "Returns to Childcare and Capital: Experimental Evidence from Uganda" is designed to investigate how access to childcare and capital impacts the labor supply and business outcomes of women in Uganda, particularly those managing microenterprises. The central aim is to un...
G²LM\|LIC - Can Temporary Financial Incentives for Female Industrial Workers Lead to Long-Term Retention and a Better Allocation of Talent? Aug 29, 2024 Dercon, Stefan; Girum, Abebe; Hensel, Lukas; Caria, Stefano, 2024, "G²LM\|LIC - Can Temporary Financial Incentives for Female Industrial Workers Lead to Long-Term Retention and a Better Allocation of Talent?", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.538.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1 A G²LM\|LIC Research Project conducted by the University of Oxford. In this project, the research team studies whether worker turnover contributes to the misallocation of talent in low-income countries. To this end, they will experimentally evaluate the impacts of offering financi...
G²LM\|LIC - Jobs of the World Database(IZA) Mar 27, 2024 Researchers in development economics have made strides in understanding the relationship between gender, employment, and poverty through detailed policy evaluations. However, a key challenge is consolidating this knowledge and assessing its broader applicability. The Jobs of the...
G²LM\|LIC - Paternalistic Discrimination Mar 19, 2024 Buchmann, Nina C.; Sullivan, Colin D.; Meyer, Carl, 2024, "G²LM\|LIC - Paternalistic Discrimination", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.807.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1 The study combines field experiments in Bangladesh with a structural labormodel to introduce paternalistic discrimination. This discrimination involves the differential treatment of two groups to protect one, even against its will, from harmful or unpleasant situations. The main...

G²LM|LIC - Whistleblowing and Worker Wellbeing: Evidence from Bangladesh’s Garments Sector

Mar 18, 2025

Boudreau, Laura; González-Torres, Ada; Chassang, Sylvain, 2025, "G²LM|LIC - Whistleblowing and Worker Wellbeing: Evidence from Bangladesh’s Garments Sector", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.510.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1

In many developing countries, the private sector lacks monitoring systems to provide firms with incentives for good behavior. In part, this problem is due to weak, sometimes corrupt state institutions (Dal Bó and Finan, 2016). In part, it may also be due to principal-agent proble...

G²LM|LIC - Female Entrepreneurship and Professional Networks

Feb 21, 2025

Lambon-Quayefio, Monica; Asiedu, Edward; Truffa, Francesca; Wong, Ashley, 2025, "G²LM|LIC - Female Entrepreneurship and Professional Networks", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.1035.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1

Despite being the only region in the world where there are more female entrepreneurs than men, the vast majority of female-owned businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa are microenterprises and women’s businesses earn 34% lower profits than male-owned ones. Identifying the constraints f...

G²LM|LIC - The Roles of Information and Search Frictions in Determining Working Conditions in Bangladesh’s Apparel Sector

Dec 6, 2024

Heath, Rachel M.; Boudreau, Laura; Das, Narayan, 2024, "G²LM|LIC - The Roles of Information and Search Frictions in Determining Working Conditions in Bangladesh’s Apparel Sector", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.529.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1

The emergence of low-skill manufacturing sectors in developing countries can increase labor market opportunities and provide other economics benefits for women (Heath and Mobarak, 2015; Tanaka, 2017). But in light of the poor conditions that characterize many low-skill manufactur...

G²LM|LIC - Overcoming Constraints to Female Labor Force Entry

Nov 26, 2024

Ahmed, Hamna; Said, Farah; Mahmud, Mahreen; Saif Tirmazee, Zunia, 2024, "G²LM|LIC - Overcoming Constraints to Female Labor Force Entry", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.424.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1

We conducted a baseline survey with 2,499 female final year undergraduate students between October 2018 and February 2019.1 Of them, 1,224 (49%) were randomly assigned to the treatment group. The intervention was reinforced between February-May 2019 (intervention reinforcement)....

G²LM|LIC - A Tough Call: Understanding the Impact of Mobile Technology on Women’s Work, Gender Gaps, and Social Norms

Nov 21, 2024

Moore, Charity Troyer; Barboni, Giorgia; Field, Erica; Pande, Rohini; Rigol, Natalia; Schaner, Simone; Jorgensen, Erik; Balarama, Hemawathy, 2024, "G²LM|LIC - A Tough Call: Understanding the Impact of Mobile Technology on Women’s Work, Gender Gaps, and Social Norms", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.556.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1

Mobile phones can help individuals access information, networks, and resources, allowing them to benefit both socially and economically. Yet in many lower-income countries, women lag men in phone ownership and usage for a variety of economic and normative reasons. To boost women’...

G²LM|LIC - Uganda Youth Opportunity Program - COVID-19 Survey

Sep 30, 2024

Fiala, Nathan; Ankel-Peters, Jörg, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Uganda Youth Opportunity Program - COVID-19 Survey", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.5-698.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V3

This study does examine the resilience of young micro-entrepreneurs in the informal sector and their families in rural Uganda against the COVID-19 shock. More specifically, the study investigates how firms have built up considerable amounts of physical and human capital over the...

G²LM|LIC - Returns to Childcare and Capital: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

Sep 30, 2024

Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Ferris, Denise; Gulesci, Selim; Nasgowitz, Arne; Somville, Vincent; Vandewalle, Lore, 2024, "G²LM|LIC - Returns to Childcare and Capital: Experimental Evidence from Uganda", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.544.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1

The study "Returns to Childcare and Capital: Experimental Evidence from Uganda" is designed to investigate how access to childcare and capital impacts the labor supply and business outcomes of women in Uganda, particularly those managing microenterprises. The central aim is to un...

G²LM|LIC - Can Temporary Financial Incentives for Female Industrial Workers Lead to Long-Term Retention and a Better Allocation of Talent?

Aug 29, 2024

Dercon, Stefan; Girum, Abebe; Hensel, Lukas; Caria, Stefano, 2024, "G²LM|LIC - Can Temporary Financial Incentives for Female Industrial Workers Lead to Long-Term Retention and a Better Allocation of Talent?", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.538.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1

A G²LM|LIC Research Project conducted by the University of Oxford. In this project, the research team studies whether worker turnover contributes to the misallocation of talent in low-income countries. To this end, they will experimentally evaluate the impacts of offering financi...

G²LM|LIC - Jobs of the World Database(IZA)

Mar 27, 2024

Researchers in development economics have made strides in understanding the relationship between gender, employment, and poverty through detailed policy evaluations. However, a key challenge is consolidating this knowledge and assessing its broader applicability. The Jobs of the...

G²LM|LIC - Paternalistic Discrimination

Mar 19, 2024

Buchmann, Nina C.; Sullivan, Colin D.; Meyer, Carl, 2024, "G²LM|LIC - Paternalistic Discrimination", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.807.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1

The study combines field experiments in Bangladesh with a structural labormodel to introduce paternalistic discrimination. This discrimination involves the differential treatment of two groups to protect one, even against its will, from harmful or unpleasant situations. The main...

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