The "South Asia Female Labor Force Participation: Drivers and Policy Options" conference, hosted by the Office of the South Asia Chief Economist and the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP) delves into insightful discussions that focus on job creation, gender-equal laws, and removal of barriers for women's economic participation.
Events
Female Labor Force Participation: Drivers and Policy Options
December 6, 2024
In-person, Washington, D.C.
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South Asia¡¯s female labor force participation today remains among the lowest in the world: more than 400 million working-age women in the region are outside of the labor force, which constitutes a significant output loss. Potential female labor market entrants face barriers to both labor demand and supply as well as labor market frictions. Options to increase female labor force participation include faster job creation in the nonagricultural sector, more rigorous implementation of gender-equal laws, and the removal of disincentives to women working outside the home. These measures are likely to be more effective if accompanied by a shift towards social norms that look more favorably on female employment.
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Friday, December 6, 2024
8:45 AM ¨C 5:00 PM (ET) | 5:45 AM ¨C 2:00 PM (PST)8:15-8:45 AM
Breakfast & Networking
8:45-9:00 AM
Opening Remarks |
¡¤&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Norbert Schady, Chief Economist for Human Development, World Bank
9:00-10:00 AM Panel Discussion | Increasing Female Labor Force Participation in South Asia
¡¤&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Laveesh Bhandari, President and Senior Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress
¡¤&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Caren Grown, Senior Fellow, Center for Sustainable Development, Brookings Institution
¡¤&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Roberta Gatti, Middle East & North Africa Chief Economist, World Bank
Moderator: Martin Raiser, South Asia Vice President, World Bank
10:00-10:15 AM
Coffee Break
10:15-11:35 AM
Paper Session 1 | Supply Side Issues
PAPER I:
Patrick Agte; Arielle Bernhardt (New York University)
PAPER II:
Monisankar Bishnu; S Chandrasekhar; Srinivasan Murali (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore)
PAPER III:
Jumana Alaref; Aishwarya Patil (World Bank); Tasmia Rahman; Ana Maria Munoz Boudet; Jasmine Rajbhandary
POLICY PRESENTATION:
Roberta Gatti, Middle East & North Africa Chief Economist, World Bank
11:35 AM-12:35 PM Keynote Presentation | Cultural Change
[Slides are available upon request]
¡¤&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Raquel Fernandez, Silver Professor of Economics, New York University
12:35-1:45 PM Lunch
1:45-3:10 PM
Paper Session 2 | Firms and Demand Side Issues
PAPER I:
Laura Boudreau; Sylvain Chassang; Ada Gonz¨¢lez-Torres; Rachel Heath (University of Washington)
PAPER II:
Mahreen Khan; Atonu Rabbani (Dhaka University); Christopher Woodruff
PAPER III:
Elisabetta Gentile; Nikita Kohli; Nivedhitha Subramanian; Zunia Tirmazee; Kate Vyborny (World Bank)
PAPER IV: Lockdowns and Female Employment
Amit Basole (Azim Premji University)
POLICY PRESENTATION: Women and Human Capital
[Slides are available upon request]
Anu Madgavkar, McKinsey Global Institute Partner
3:10-3:25 PM
Coffee Break
3:25-4:50 PM
Paper Session 3 | Emerging Issues
PAPER I:
Suhani Jalota (Stanford University); Lisa Ho
PAPER II:
Deepshikha Batheja (One Health Trust)
PAPER III: Gendered Impacts of Reforming Night-Shift Work in India
Aleksandr Michuda (Swarthmore College); Abhilasha Sahay; Nivedhitha Subramanian
PAPER IV:
Vatsal Khandelwal; Juni Singh (World Bank)
POLICY PRESENTATION:
Amarjeet Sinha, Senior Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress
4:50-5:00 PM
Closing Remarks
¡¤&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Laveesh Bhandari, President and Senior Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress
¡¤&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Franziska Ohnsorge, South Asia Chief Economist, World Bank
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Remarks
PANELISTS
DETAILS
- DATE: Friday, December 6, 2024
- TIME: 8:45 AM ¨C 5:00 PM ET
- VENUE: (MC 2-800) World Bank HQ Main Complex
- CONTACT: Office of the Chief Economist in South Asia
- sarchiefeconomistoffice@worldbank.org
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