Can Job Training Decrease Women's Self-Defeating Biases

This study found that ICT training resulted in university graduates being 26% more likely to work in the ICT sector

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 13 January 2021

• Country: Nigeria
• Document Type: Briefing
• Theme: Economic Growth
• First published: 1 September 2018
• Authors: Croke, K, Goldstein, M and Holla, A

Abstract

Gender-based occupational segregation 바카라 사이트“ where women are concentrated in low-paid or low-profit sectors 바카라 사이트“ is a non-trivial source of the gender wage gap worldwide, accounting for as much as 50 percent of the gap in some countries (World Bank 2011). There is evidence that women바카라 사이트™s biases about their own potential can affect their performance and aspirations. Through an experiment in Nigeria, we found that an information and communications technology (ICT) training resulted in university graduates being 26 percent more likely to work in the ICT sector.

This work is part of the Closing the Gender Gap in Africa: evaluating new policies and programmes for women바카라 사이트™s economic empowerment programme

Citation

Croke, Kevin; Goldstein, Markus; Holla, Alaka. 2018. Can Job Training Decrease Women바카라 사이트™s Self-Defeating Biases? Experimental Evidence from Nigeria. Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief;No. 28. World Bank, Washington, DC.

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Published 13 January 2021