世界银行-工作中的女性：来自吉布提城市随机实验的证据（英）

Policy Research Working Paper10906Women at Work Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Urban Djibouti Florencia DevotoEmanuela GalassoKathleen BeegleStefanie BrodmannDevelopment Economics Development Research GroupSeptember 2024 Public Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedProduced by the Research Support TeamAbstractThe Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.Policy Research Working Paper 10906In some developing countries, women’s labor force partici-pation remains persistently low. This gives rise to questions regarding what types of employment opportunities or interventions can draw women into work in such contexts. In this study in urban Djibouti, with restrictive gender norms and very low female employment rates, women were randomly offered the opportunity to be employed in a public works program designed specifically to facili-tate their participation. Program take-up is very high, and most participants do not delegate their work opportunity to another adult. However, in the medium term after the program ends, women who receive the temporary employ-ment offer revert back to non participation in the labor market. These results suggest that while social norms can be a deterrent to women’s work in settings with very low employment rates, women will participate in work oppor-tunities when they are offered and suitable. This paper is a product of the Development Research Group, Development Economics. It is part of a larger effort by the World Bank to provide open access to its research and make a contribution to development policy discussions around the world. Policy Research Working Papers are also posted on the Web at http://www.worldbank.org/prwp. The authors may be contacted at egalasso@worldbank.org and kbeegle@worldbank.org. Women at Work: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Urban Djibouti By Florencia Devoto, Emanuela Galasso, Kathleen Beegle, and Stefanie Brodmann* Labor, Public Works, Gender [JEL] C93, H53, I38, J16, J22, O12 *Devoto: University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (email: fdevoto@povertyactionlab.org); Galasso: World Bank(email: egalasso@worldbank.org); Brodmann: World Bank (email: sbrodmann@worldbank.org)); Beegle:World Bank (email: kbeegle@worldbank.org). The IRB of Paris School of Economics approved the protocol ofthis study.