Effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving women's employability and quality of work. A critical review.

Autor/in	Todd, Petra
Institution	Weltbank
Titel	Effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving women's employability and quality of work. A critical review.
Quelle	Washington, DC (2012), 78 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	World Bank policy research working paper. 6189
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Familie; Frau; Afrika; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Arbeitsplatz; Argentinien; Asien; Beruf; Sri Lanka; China; Familie; Familienpolitik; Frau; Indien; Kenia; Kredit; Mexiko; Nepal; Nicaragua; Peru; Politik; Lateinamerika; Osteuropa; Pakistan; Thailand; Subventionspolitik; Bangladesch; Arbeitsqualität; Kinderbetreuung; Familienpolitik; Kinderbetreuung; Entwicklungsland; Politik; Beschäftigungseffekt; Kredit; Schwellenland; Subventionspolitik; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Arbeitsplatz; Arbeitsplatzanalyse; Arbeitsqualität; Beruf; Erwerbsbeteiligung; Qualifizierungsmaßnahme; Weiterbildungsförderung; Afrika; Argentinien; Asien; Bangladesch; China; Indien; Kenia; Lateinamerika; Mexiko; Nepal; Nicaragua; Osteuropa; Pakistan; Peru; Sri Lanka; Südafrika (Staat); Thailand
Abstract	This paper examines the effectiveness of a variety of policy interventions that have been tried in developing and transition economies with the goal of improving women's employability and quality of work. The programs include active labor market programs, education and training programs, programs that facilitate work (such as childcare subsidies, parental leave programs and land titling programs), microfinance programs, entrepreneurship and leadership programs, and conditional cash transfer programs. Some of these policy interventions were undertaken to increase employment, some to increase female employment, and some for other reasons. All of these programs have been subjected to impact evaluations of different kinds and some also to rigorous cost-benefit analyses. Many were found to be effective in increasing women's quantity of work as measured by increased rates of labor market participation and number of hours worked. In some cases, the programs also increased women's quality of work, for example, by increasing the capacity for women to work in the formal rather than the informal sector where wages are higher and where women are more likely to have access to health, retirement, and other benefits. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ".
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2013/1