Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298153 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 707
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila
Abstract: 
Gender gaps in labor market outcomes persist in South Asia. An open question is whether supply or demand side constraints play a larger role. We investigate this using matched data from three sources in Lahore, Pakistan: representative samples of jobseekers and employers; administrative data from a job matching platform; and an incentivized resume rating experiment. Employers' gender restrictions are a larger constraint on women's job opportunities than supply-side decisions. At higher levels of education, demand-side barriers relax, allowing women to qualify for more jobs but at lower salaries. On the supply side, educated women become more selective in their search.
Subjects: 
gender
discrimination
job search
jobs platform
vacancies
applications
JEL: 
J16
J22
J23
R23
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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