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Jordan: Selected Issues

July 18, 2022

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Jordan: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2022) accessed November 24, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper explores the main obstacles related to low female labor force participation in Jordan. Lack of access to safe and reliable public transportation can hamper labor market choices for women. Gender-based legal restrictions may also prevent women from participating in the labor market. The analysis concludes that structural variables and regulations are the main drivers of the gender gap in participation and employment outcomes in Jordan. Based on the regression results, there is a statistically significant relationship between the structural variables and regulations and the gap in both participation and employment. The results for Jordan are also compared with the Middle East and North Africa region. It finds that gender disparity in labor market participation in Jordan is not due to access to basic services such as education and health but is rather based on structural and legal impediments. Particularly, structural variables as well as regulations help explain the gap in participation rates between men and women.

Subject: Economic sectors, Gender, International organization, Monetary policy, Production

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, B. dissecting GDP growth, Business environment indicator, East Africa, Employment outcome, Global, Labor market market trend, Labor productivity, Middle East, North Africa, Participation opportunity, Productivity, Sub-Saharan Africa, Total factor productivity, Tourism, Tourism fluctuation, Tourism growth, Tourism sector growth, Women

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    29

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2022/222

  • Stock No:

    1JOREA2022004

  • ISBN:

    9798400215582

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

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