Women in the Labor Force: The Role of Fiscal Policies

Staff Discussion Notes, February 16, 2020

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• Authors: Anna Fruttero, Daniel Gurara, Lisa L Kolovich, Vivian Malta, Marina Mendes Tavares, Nino Tchelishvili, Stefania Fabrizio
• Published: February 16, 2020
• Series: Staff Discussion Notes
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513529134.006

Key findings

• Female labor force participation has increased over the past three decades, but women still do not have the same opportunities as men to participate in economic activities in most countries.
• The average female labor force participation rate across countries is still 20 percentage points lower than the male rate.
• Gender gaps in wages and access to education persist.
• Greater gender equality boosts economic growth and leads to better development and social outcomes.

Context and global commitments

• Gender equality is one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that 193 countries committed to achieve by 2030.
• The study is presented as a Staff Discussion Note (Staff Discussion Notes No. 2020/003).

Thematic keywords (as provided)

• child care
• Female labor force participation
• fiscal policy intervention
• Gender diversity
• Gender inequality
• gender wage gap
• gender-responsive fiscal policy
• Global
• household income
• income
• inequality
• labor force participation
• labor productivity
• maternity leave
• overlapping generations general equilibrium model
• pay
• poverty
• SDN
• Women

Source: IMF Staff Discussion Note "Women in the Labor Force: The Role of Fiscal Policies", Staff Discussion Notes 2020, 003 (2020).

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