TY - BOOK ID - 85505374 TI - Informality and Gender Gaps Going Hand in Hand AU - Malta, Vivian. AU - Kolovich, Lisa. AU - Martinez, Angelica. AU - Mendes Tavares, Marina. PY - 2019 SN - 1498317081 1498317065 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Informal sector (Economics) KW - Hidden economy KW - Parallel economy KW - Second economy KW - Shadow economy KW - Subterranean economy KW - Underground economy KW - Artisans KW - Economics KW - Small business KW - Labor KW - Macroeconomics KW - Women''s Studies' KW - Gender Studies KW - Employment KW - Unemployment KW - Wages KW - Intergenerational Income Distribution KW - Aggregate Human Capital KW - Aggregate Labor Productivity KW - Informal Economy KW - Underground Econom KW - Economics of Gender KW - Non-labor Discrimination KW - Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income and Wealth: Africa KW - Oceania KW - Formal and Informal Sectors KW - Shadow Economy KW - Institutional Arrangements KW - Education: General KW - Labor Economics: General KW - Gender studies KW - women & girls KW - Education KW - Social discrimination & equal treatment KW - Labour KW - income economics KW - Women KW - Gender inequality KW - Informal employment KW - Gender KW - Sex discrimination KW - Economic theory KW - Labor economics KW - Senegal KW - Income economics KW - Women & girls KW - Women's Studies UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85505374 AB - In sub-Saharan Africa women work relatively more in the informal sector than men. Many factors could explain this difference, including women’s lower education levels, legal barriers, social norms and demographic characteristics. Cross-country comparisons indicate strong associations between gender gaps and higher female informality. This paper uses microdata from Senegal to assess the probability of a worker being informal, and our main findings are: (i) in urban areas, being a woman increases this probability by 8.5 percent; (ii) education is usually more relevant for women; (iii) having kids reduces men’s probability of being informal but increases women’s. ER -