Improving the Measurement of Rural Women's Employment
Rural economies are in transition around the world; in many countries, improved technology and linkages across sectors have expanded access to markets and accelerated production for some farmers. At the same time, rural areas globally are facing a growing base of landless and smallholder farmers, out-migration to urban areas, and persistence of low-skilled, informal, and seasonal jobs where women are often heavily concentrated. Recent global initiatives are examining programs that can effectively raise rural incomes, including how addressing shortfalls in wome's hours worked and earnings can raise rural productivity and growth. But well-designed policies to address these issues require improved counting of individuals' employment, accounting for the complexity of measuring rural women's labor force participation, as well as data on social, economic, and institutional constraints that women face in seeking better economic opportunities. Using recent rounds of the Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda Living Standards and Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture, as well as findings from recent country pilots conducted by the International Labour Organization, this paper discusses best practices and issues to consider when examining rural women's employment in socioeconomic surveys, as well as a survey research agenda to improve measurement.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019-05
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| Subjects: | FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, EMPLOYMENT, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE, AGRICULTURE, UNPAID WORK, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, UNDERUTILIZATION, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/938101556812458877/Improving-the-Measurement-of-Rural-Womens-Employment-Global-Momentum-and-Survey-Research-Priorities https://hdl.handle.net/10986/31665 |
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| Summary: | Rural economies are in transition around
the world; in many countries, improved technology and
linkages across sectors have expanded access to markets and
accelerated production for some farmers. At the same time,
rural areas globally are facing a growing base of landless
and smallholder farmers, out-migration to urban areas, and
persistence of low-skilled, informal, and seasonal jobs
where women are often heavily concentrated. Recent global
initiatives are examining programs that can effectively
raise rural incomes, including how addressing shortfalls in
wome's hours worked and earnings can raise rural
productivity and growth. But well-designed policies to
address these issues require improved counting of
individuals' employment, accounting for the complexity
of measuring rural women's labor force participation,
as well as data on social, economic, and institutional
constraints that women face in seeking better economic
opportunities. Using recent rounds of the Ethiopia, Malawi,
Nigeria, and Uganda Living Standards and Measurement
Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture, as well as findings
from recent country pilots conducted by the International
Labour Organization, this paper discusses best practices and
issues to consider when examining rural women's
employment in socioeconomic surveys, as well as a survey
research agenda to improve measurement. |
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