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Why Should We Care about Care? : The Role of Childcare and Eldercare in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Victoria Levin.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Levin, Victoria.
- Series:
- Women in Development and Gender Study.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Women in Development and Gender Study
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gender.
- Gender and Economics.
- Inequality.
- Labor Markets.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Rural Development.
- Rural Labor Markets.
- Social Protections and Assistance.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Local Subjects:
- Gender.
- Gender and Economics.
- Inequality.
- Labor Markets.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Rural Development.
- Rural Labor Markets.
- Social Protections and Assistance.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Other Title:
- Why Should We Care about Care?
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2015.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Despite significant progress in closing the gender gap in education, there is a significant disparity between male and female labor participation rates in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Among men aged 15 to 64 years, 65.7 percent participate in the labor force compared to only 41 percent of females in the same age group. It is estimated that BiH forgoes around 16 percent of gross national income due to gender disparities in labor force participation. The conflicting demand of women's time for care and work activities represents a fundamental barrier to economic participation and generates a vicious circle of low labor market attachment and prominence of the care provider role that leads to increased vulnerability and gender-based inequalities.
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