Breaking the Metal Ceiling
Worldwide, female entrepreneurs tend to experience lower productivity and profit than their male peers. One reason for this is that women tend to be concentrated in less profitable businesses. This mixed methods study from Uganda investigates a range of factors that may hinder or help female entrepreneurs move into male-dominated sectors, where they are as successful as men, and significantly more successful than women who remain in traditionally female sectors. This analysis finds that information gaps about the relative profitability of male-dominated businesses play an important role, as do the types of role models influencing youth as they determine their career paths. Informational campaigns, as well as apprenticeship and mentorship programs, present potential policy options.
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| Format: | Brief biblioteca |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014-01
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| Subjects: | ACCESS TO NETWORKS, FATHERS, FEMALE, FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS, GENDER, GENDER DIFFERENCE, GENDER GAPS, GENDER PROGRAM, GENDER SEGREGATION, LABOR FORCE, LEARNING, MOTHERS, OLDER WOMEN, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRODUCTIVITY, SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, TEXTILES, WOMAN, WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUTH, GENDER INNOVATION LAB, AFRICA GENDER POLICY, WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/614411468335518230/Breaking-the-metal-ceiling-female-entrepreneurs-who-succeed-in-male-dominated-sectors-in-Uganda https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25456 |
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