Gender equality at work in sub-Saharan Africa: A case study of Mali's modern sector

Authors: Doumbia S.; Meurs D.

Source: International Labour Review, Volume 142, Number 3, 2003 , pp. 295-316(22)

Publisher: International Labour Organization

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Abstract:

Analysing data from a survey of modern-sector enterprises and their workers, the authors find no significant pay gap between women and men at any given skill level. But women tend to be concentrated in intermediate-level jobs: not only do they have greater difficulty finding modern-sector employment in the first place, but few of those who succeed make it to senior positions. The resulting occupational segregation, the authors conclude, calls for a pro-active government policy to increase women's labour force participation in the modern sector coupled with a focus on the societal factors that hamper women’s access to wage employment generally.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2003-12-01

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