ADB; Chun, Natalie; Tang, Heiwai2021-10-052021-10-052018-05N/AN/A2313-65372313-6545https://www.adb.org/publications/do-ict-empower-female-workers-viet-namhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/5427This paper explores the effects of a firm's adoption of ICT in reducing gender inequality in the labor market. Using Viet Nam’s comprehensive enterprise survey data, this paper finds that a firm’s adoption of broadband internet and related information and communication technologies (ICT) increased their relative demand for female and college-educated workers. The effect of ICT on a firm’s female employment is particularly strong among the college-educated employees and is weaker in industries that are more dependent on complex and interactive tasks. These results suggest that ICT reduces inequalities in female employment by creating a shift in labor demand from highly manual, routine tasks, where males have a comparative advantage toward more nonroutine tasks, where females hold a comparative advantage.48GenderInformation and Communications Technology