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dc.titlePart-Time Work, Gender and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from a Developing Country
dc.contributor.authorLopez Boo, Florencia
dc.contributor.authorMadrigal, Lucía
dc.contributor.authorPagés, Carmen
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageHonduras
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2010-10-28T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2009-12-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the relationship between part-time work and job satisfaction using a recent household survey from Honduras. In contrast to previous work for developed countries, this paper does not find a preference for part-time work among women. Instead, both women and men tend to prefer fulltime work, although the preference for working longer hours is stronger for men. Consistent with an interpretation of working part-time as luxury consumption, the paper finds that partnered women with children, poor women or women working in the informal sector are more likely to prefer full-time work than single women, partnered women without children, non-poor women or women working in the formal sector. These results have important implications for the design of family and child care policies in low-income countries.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010734
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Part-Time-Work-Gender-and-Job-Satisfaction-Evidence-from-a-Developing-Country.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ28 - Safety • Job Satisfaction • Related Public Policy
dc.subject.keywordsWP-664
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationHO-N1051
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