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Women in the Workforce: An Unmet Potential in Asia and the Pacific

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  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)

    (Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB)

  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)

    (Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB)

  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Abstract

Despite economic growth, decreasing fertility rates, and rising education levels, women in Asia are on average 70% less likely than men to be in the labor force, with the country-to-country percentage varying anywhere from 3% to 80%. Results of a new simulation model suggest that closing the gender gap could generate a 30% increase in the per capita income of a hypothetical average Asian economy in one generation. This report discusses the reasons behind the continuing gap in the labor force participation rate between women and men in Asia and the Pacific, the impact of this gap on economic growth, and policy lessons drawn from specific country experiences in the region and elsewhere in the world. The channels of gender inequality are so complex that policy interventions must go beyond economics to effectively address them. Such a multidimensional approach to reducing gender inequality could unleash a nation’s full potential for inclusive growth and development.

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  • Asian Development Bank (ADB) & Asian Development Bank (ADB) & Asian Development Bank (ADB) & Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2015. "Women in the Workforce: An Unmet Potential in Asia and the Pacific," ADB Reports RPT157205-2, Asian Development Bank (ADB).
    • Handle: RePEc:asd:wpaper:rpt157205-2
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    1. Chakravarty, Shubha & Lundberg, Mattias & Nikolov, Plamen & Zenker, Juliane, 2019. "Vocational training programs and youth labor market outcomes: Evidence from Nepal," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 71-110.
    2. Chakravarty, Shubha & Lundberg, Mattias & Nikolov, Plamen & Zenker, Juliane, 2019. "Vocational training programs and youth labor market outcomes: Evidence from Nepal," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 71-110.
    3. Tuan T. Nguyen & Jennifer Cashin & Ha T. T. Tran & Duong H. Vu & Arijit Nandi & Minh T. Phan & Nguyen D. C. Van & Amy Weissman & Toan N. Pham & Binh V. Nguyen & Roger Mathisen, 2022. "Awareness, Perceptions, Gaps, and Uptake of Maternity Protection among Formally Employed Women in Vietnam," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(8), pages 1-16, April.
    4. Antonella Mazzone, 2022. "Gender and Energy in International Development: Is There a Return of the ‘Feminization’ of Poverty Discourse?," Development, Palgrave Macmillan;Society for International Deveopment, vol. 65(1), pages 17-28, March.

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