Rapidly expanding internet access has dramatically changed job search behavior across the developing world. This expansion has coincided with the growth of private-sector online job portals that provide search and matching services. Despite these technological advances, labor markets in many low-income countries continue to face high unemployment and persistently low female labor force participation. As…
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A Tough Call: Understanding the Impact of Mobile Technology on Women’s Work, Gender Gaps, and Social Norms
As digital technology becomes an ever-growing part of economic life in low-income countries, researchers and policymakers face a moment of both opportunity and risk: technologies like smartphones and mobile internet could connect millions of marginalized women and girls to the modern economy, generating new opportunities for employment and human capital accumulation. However, there is a…