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DevelopmentEconomics

DevelopmentResearchGroup

September2024

PolicyResearchWorkingPaper10906

Abstract

Insomedevelopingcountries,women’slaborforcepartici-mostparticipantsdonotdelegatetheirworkopportunity

pationremainspersistentlylow.Thisgivesrisetoquestionstoanotheradult.However,inthemediumtermafterthe

regardingwhattypesofemploymentopportunitiesorprogramends,womenwhoreceivethetemporaryemploy-

interventionscandrawwomenintoworkinsuchcontexts.mentofferrevertbacktononparticipationinthelabor

InthisstudyinurbanDjibouti,withrestrictivegendermarket.Theseresultssuggestthatwhilesocialnormscan

normsandverylowfemaleemploymentrates,womenbeadeterrenttowomen’sworkinsettingswithverylow

wererandomlyofferedtheopportunitytobeemployedemploymentrates,womenwillparticipateinworkoppor-

inapublicworksprogramdesignedspecificallytofacili-