Gender in Bolivian Production : Reducing Differences in Formality and Productivity of Firms.
Bolivias informal economic sector is the largest in Latin America, and women-owned businesses tend to be overrepresented in the informal sector and to be less profitable than firms in the formal sector. This study seeks to better understand gender-based differences in firms tendencies toward forma...
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Other Authors / Creators: | Seynabou Sakho, Yaye. Lunde, Trine. |
Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Imprint: | Herndon : World Bank Publications, 2009. |
Series: | Country Studies
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Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Executive Summary
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Men and Women in Bolivia's Informal Sector
- Trends in Informality and Female Employment
- Factors Shaping Gender Labor Force Trends: Domestic Pressures, Education, Regulation
- Ethnicity, Education, and Informality: Compound Effects
- Why Gender Matters in the Bolivian Labor Market
- Gender, Formality, and Profitability
- Gender-Based Differences in the Formality of Businesses
- Gender-Based Differences in Profitability
- Why Female-Owned Firms Are More Informal and Less Profitable
- Conclusions on Gender-Based Differences in Formality and Profitability
- Gender-Specific Constraints to Productivity
- Male and Female Views on Productivity Constraints
- Gender-Based Constraints in Access to Productive Assets
- Market and Home-Based Constraints to Women's Economic Productivity
- Implications of Policies to Increase the Formalization and Productivity of Female Owners of Small and Micro Firms
- Promoting Women's Access to Productive Assets
- Providing an Enabling Environment for Women's Entrepreneurship
- References
- Appendixes
- Appendix 1. Estimation Methods
- Appendix 2. Do the Factors That Affect Formality Vary by Gender?
- Appendix 3. Does the Impact of a NIT (and Other Factors) on Profits Vary by Gender?
- Appendix 4. Interest Rates for Microcredit Institutions in Latin America (June 2005)
- Appendix 5. Mutually Reinforcing Constraints on Female Micro Enterprises
- Back cover.