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Determinants of gender gaps in youth employment in urban Mozambique

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  • Jana Bischler
  • Eva-Maria Egger
  • Paul Jasper
  • Ivan Manhique

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In this study, we explore the correlates of the employment gender gap among urban youth in Mozambique. Young people are confronted with simultaneous decisions about education, work and family life influenced by social norms around gender roles. Using data from a panel of individuals in 2017 and 2020, aged between 15-25 years in 2017, that covers information on education, employment, fertility, social life, gender norms and more, we observe an increase of 10 percentage points in the raw employment gender gap over time to the disadvantage of young women.

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  • Jana Bischler & Eva-Maria Egger & Paul Jasper & Ivan Manhique, 2022. "Determinants of gender gaps in youth employment in urban Mozambique," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2022-164, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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