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dc.titleClosing Gender Gaps in the World of Work: Central America, Mexico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic
dc.contributor.authorLópez, Arnoldo
dc.contributor.authorRuiz-Arranz, Marta
dc.contributor.authorOchoa, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Central America, Haiti, Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Republic
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coveragePanama
dc.coverageDominican Republic
dc.coverageGuatemala
dc.coverageHonduras
dc.coverageEl Salvador
dc.coverageNicaragua
dc.coverageCosta Rica
dc.coverageBelize
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.date.available2021-08-26T08:09:24
dc.date.issue2021-08-17T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractIn the region in question, the world of work is marked by wide gender gaps that exceed the Latin America and the Caribbean average, yet few studies have looked at the reasons for this. The report draws on the findings of the IDB on the determinants of the female labor supply and the gender gaps in these countries, and proposes specific solutions tailored to the reality of the region. The report also describes the IDBs work in implementing projects aimed at promoting gender equality in the region. A whole range of factors (socio-demographic, economic, institutional, cultural, and personal) underlie a woman's seemingly straightforward decision to go out to work or look for a job, factors that operate in distinct ways over the course of her life as the relevance of each changes. Particularly important to the dynamics of FLFP and the career paths of women in the region are the heavy burden of unpaid work placed on them as result of living with a partner and caring for small children, their role as secondary breadwinners, and their own individual characteristics, such as their age and level of education. Similarly, there are certain intangible barriers that condition women's prospects within the labor market (e.g., glass ceilings or cultural perspectives) and their progress towards positions of leadership in business and politics, as well as various other limitations of an institutional nature that perpetuate differences in employment rights. In recent years, there has been a decline in momentum in the efforts towards closing the gender gaps in the labor market, and as things stand, the risk of the advances made so far being reversed is significant. On the one hand, sectors in which women constitute a major share of the workforce have been more severely hit by the global COVID-19 health crisis, while the types of jobs they do there are susceptible to processes of automation and digitalization. In this context, the region is currently facing major challenges that now more than ever necessitate the advancement of a policy agenda with gender equality at its core.
dc.format.extent97
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003504
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Closing-Gender-Gaps-in-the-World-of-Work-Central-America-Mexico-Panama-and-the-Dominican-Republic.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Cerrando-brechas-de-genero-en-el-mundo-del-trabajo-Centroamerica-Mexico-Panama-y-Republica-Dominicana.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectGender Gap
dc.subjectGender and Employment
dc.subjectPopulation Aging
dc.subjectGender Wage Gap
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectGender Equity
dc.subjectLabor Market
dc.subjectFemale Labor Force
dc.subjectGender Equality
dc.subjectGender Mainstreaming
dc.subjectRating
dc.subjectGender Issue
dc.subjectGender Discrimination
dc.subjectFemale Education
dc.subject.jelcodeJ12 - Marriage • Marital Dissolution • Family Structure • Domestic Abuse
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-MG-00954
idb.operationRG-T3474
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