Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/259493 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 655
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila
Abstract: 
In cities with conservative norms or high crime, female workers may face greater restrictions on their, physical mobility. This limits women's labor market opportunities and the pool of workers that firms, can attract. In this study, we experimentally vary access to a transport service in Lahore, Pakistan, to, quantify the overall impact of transport to work on men, women, and the differential impact of, transport exclusively for women. We show that reducing physical mobility constraints has a large, impact on job searching for women, including women who are not searching at baseline. Women's, response is driven by a women-only transport treatment arm, suggesting that safety and social, acceptability, rather than simply cost, are key constraints.
Subjects: 
transport
mobility
gender
female labor force participation
JEL: 
J16
J22
J28
L91
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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