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Session 44:
Women's Status and Employment in Developing Countries

Thursday, May 9
1:30 PM-3:20 PM
Jackson - 3rd Floor
Chair: Cynthia B. Lloyd, Population Council
Discussant: Cheryl Doss, Yale University

1.  Informal Employment in India - Intersections of Caste, Gender, and Ethnicity  •   Maitreyi Das, University of Maryland; Sonalde Desai, University of Maryland

2.  Does Child Care Provision Increase Women's Earnings? Evidence from the Urban Slums of Guatemala City  •   Kelly Hallman, Population Council; Agnes R. Quisumbing, International Food Policy Research Institute; Marie Ruel, International Food Policy Research Institute; Benedicte de la Briere, World Bank Group

3.  Access to Credit and Women's Work-Decisions: An Empirical Study in Rural Malawi  •   Hema Swaminathan, Pennsylvania State University; Jill L. Findeis, Pennsylvania State University

4.  Married Women's Participation Choices and Productivity Differentials: Evidence from Urban Turkey  •   Insan Tunali, Koc University; Cem Baslevent, Istanbul Bilgi University

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