Cardiff University Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarships for Research Excellence offer seven eligible applicants the opportunity to join our Doctoral Academy community for three years on a full-time basis.

Application Deadline: 1st June 2020

Eligible Countries: Developing Countries

To be Taken at (Country): This project is based in Cardiff Business School.

About the Award: Women’s participation in the labour force varies remarkably across countries reflecting differences in economic development, among other factors (e.g. educational attainment, social norms, fertility rates, access to childcare). Therefore, it is not surprising that there is an extensive international literature that focuses on the relationship between female labour force participation and economic development (e.g. Goldin, 1995; Verick, 2014). However, a key concern is whether women are able to access good quality employment, in particular, in comparison to their male counterparts. In general, when women work, they tend to be employed in the informal sector, which does not provide the benefits of formal sector jobs including steady wages, job security and social protection (ILO, 2018). For instance, the majority of women employed in the Global South work in the unregulated informal economy (Chen and Moussié, 2017). This PhD aims to understand the nature of women’s employment in countries within the Global South, aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the theme of Gender Equality in particular. By applying econometric methods to existing large scale representative microdata, it will explore the size and determinants of the gender gap in employment, formal employment and indicators of job quality such as pay.

Type: PhD

Eligibility:

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