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References for Policies to support women’s paid work
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Further reading
- Field, E., Jayachandran, S., Pande, R. "Do traditional institutions constrain female entrepreneurship? A field experiment on business training in India" American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings 100:2 (2010): 125–129.
- Morton, M., Klugman, J., Hanmer, L., Singer, D. Gender at Work: A Companion to the World Development Report on Jobs. Washington, DC: World Bank Group, 2014.
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Key references
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International Labour
Organization Key Indicators of
the Labor Market. Geneva: International Labour Office, 2014. Key reference: [1]
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Attanasio, O., Kugler, A., Meghir, C. "Subsidizing
vocational training for disadvantaged youth in Colombia:
Evidence from a randomized trial" American Economic
Journal: Applied Economics 3:3 (2011): 188–220. Key reference: [2]
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Card, D., Ibarrarán, P., Regalia, F., Rosas-Shady, D., Soares, Y. "The labor market
impacts of youth training in the Dominican Republic" Journal of Labor
Economics 29:2 (2011): 267–300. Key reference: [3]
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Adoho, F., Chakravarty, S., Korkoyah, D. T., Lundberg, M., Tasneem, A. The Impact of an
Adolescent Girls Employment Program: The EPAG Project in
Liberia World Bank
Policy Research Working Paper, 2014. Key reference: [4]
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Groh, M., Krishnan, N., McKenzie, D., Vishwanath, T. Soft Skills or
Hard Cash? The Impact of Training and Wage Subsidy Programs on
Female Youth Employment in Jordan World Bank
Policy Research Working Paper, 2012. Key reference: [5]
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De Mel, S., McKenzie, D., Woodruff, C. "Business training
and female enterprise start-up, growth, and dynamics:
Experimental evidence from Sri Lanka" Journal of
Development Economics 106:C (2014): 199–210. Key reference: [6]
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Fafchamps, M., McKenzie, D., Quinn, S., Woodruff, C. "Microenterprise
growth and the flypaper effect: Evidence from a randomized
experiment in Ghana" Journal of
Development Economics 106:C (2014): 211–226. Key reference: [7]
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Blattman, C., Fiala, N., Martinez, S. "Generating skilled
self-employment in developing countries: Experimental evidence
from Uganda" The Quarterly
Journal of Economics 129:2 (2014): 697–752. Key reference: [8]
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Desai, R. M., Joshi, S. "Collective action
and community development: Evidence from self-help groups in
rural India" World Bank
Economic Review 28:3 (2014): 492–524. Key reference: [9]
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Francavilla, F., Giannelli, G. C., Grilli, L. "Mothers’
employment and their children’s schooling: A joint multilevel
analysis for India" World
Development 41:1 (2013): 183–195. Key reference: [10]
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Attanasio, O., Di
Maro, V., Vera-Hernandez, M. "Community
nurseries and the nutritional status of poor children. Evidence
from Colombia" The Economic
Journal 123:571 (2013): 1025–1058. Key reference: [11]
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Berlinski, S., Galiani, S. "The effect of a
large expansion of pre-primary school facilities on preschool
attendance and maternal employment" Labour
Economics 14:3 (2007): 665–680. Key reference: [12]
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International Labour
Organization Key Indicators of
the Labor Market. Geneva: International Labour Office, 2014.
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Additional References
- Attanasio, O., Vera-Hernandez, M. Medium and Long Run Effects of Nutrition and Child Care: Evaluation of a Community Nursery Programme in Rural Colombia Centre for the Evaluation of Development Policies Working Paper, 2003.
- Duflo, E., Glennerster, R., Kremer, M. "Using randomization in development economics research: A toolkit" In: Schultz, P. T., John, A., Strauss, A. (eds). Handbook of Development Economics. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier, 2008.
- Francavilla, F., Giannelli, G. C. "The relation between child work and the employment of mothers in India" International Journal of Manpower 31:2 (2010): 232–257.
- González-Velosa, C., Ripani, L., Rosas-Shady, D. How Can Job Opportunities for Young People in Latin America be Improved?. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank, 2012.
- Ibarrarán, P., Ripani, L., Taboada, B., Villa, J. M., Garcia, B. "Life skills, employability and training for disadvantaged youth: Evidence from a randomized evaluation design" IZA Journal of Labor & Development 3:10 (2014).
- McKenzie, D., Woodruff, C. "What are we learning from business training and entrepreneurship evaluations around the developing world?" World Bank Research Observer 29:1 (2014): 48–82.