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Title: | Women's Urban Labour Market Status in Developing Countries: How Well do They Fare in Khartoum, Sudan? |
Authors: | Cohen, Barney House, William J. |
Year: | 1993 |
Periodical: | Journal of Development Studies |
Volume: | 29 |
Issue: | 3 |
Period: | April |
Pages: | 461-483 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Sudan |
Subjects: | women's employment employment urban areas women Economics and Trade Labor and Employment Women's Issues economics Cultural Roles Status of Women urbanization Sex Roles |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00220389308422284 |
Abstract: | This article examines the insertion of women in the formal sector labour market in urban Khartoum, set in a predominantly Muslim part of Sudan, in order to explain their inferior employment status in one particular developing country environment. The data for the study are drawn from the Khartoum Employment Survey (1988-89). A number of hypotheses are tested drawing upon recent labour market theoretical developments and econometric techniques from the literature which have had limited previous applications in Third World settings, particularly in Africa. The findings indicate that occupational segregation, rather than pay discrimination, is primarily to blame for observed wage differentials suggesting that well-intentioned equal pay laws will do little to reduce the earnings gap. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. |