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Restricting female employment - one male guardian at a time: Evidence from husbands and employers in Jordan

Project Active from 1 Mar 2025 to 31 Aug 2026 Sustainable Growth, Firms and Trade

Jordan has the fourth-lowest rate of female labour force participation globally, and women in Jordan often live under male guardianship. Through a pilot experiment, this project investigates whether husbands and employers restrict the supply and demand for female labour in male-dominated jobs and to what degree reputation concerns drive these restrictions.

Researchers

Paolo Falco

DPhil Student, University of Oxford
Nina C. Buchmann

Nina Caroline Buchmann

Postdoctoral Associate, Yale Economic Growth Center and Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics

Lisa Ho

Postdoctoral Associate, Inclusion Economics, Yale Economic Growth Center and Macmillan Center

Andreas Menzel

PhD Student, University of Warwick

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