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Terrorism and women’s employment in Afghanistan

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  • Lauren Cahalan
  • Seth R. Gitter
  • Erin K. Fletcher

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Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous countries for women and has the sixth lowest women’s employment rate globally. Evidence shows that security concerns prevent women from working, but there is little work estimating the magnitude of or mechanism behind these effects. We address this gap in the literature by estimating the relationship between increased terrorist attacks and women’s employment using the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) and the 2015 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). We find the number of attacks is negatively associated with men’s and women’s employment, yet the relative magnitude is larger for women due to their low employment rate. Conversely, we find that an increase in fatalities is associated with higher women’s employment, suggesting that women replace men that have died from attacks. This research illuminates a potential link between women’s employment and terrorism, thus adding to the ever-increasing knowledge of the costs of conflict.

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  • Lauren Cahalan & Seth R. Gitter & Erin K. Fletcher, 2020. "Terrorism and women’s employment in Afghanistan," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(2), pages 195-208, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oxdevs:v:48:y:2020:i:2:p:195-208
    DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2020.1760813
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