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https://elibrary.tucl.edu.np/handle/123456789/5427| Title: | Do Information and Communication Technologies Empower Female Workers? Firm-Level Evidence from Viet Nam |
| Authors: | ADB; Chun, Natalie; Tang, Heiwai |
| Issue Date: | May-2018 |
| Description: | This 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. |
| URI: | https://www.adb.org/publications/do-ict-empower-female-workers-viet-nam https://elibrary.tucl.edu.np/handle/123456789/5427 |
| ISBN: | N/A N/A |
| ISSN: | 2313-6537 2313-6545 |
| Country: | Cambodia |
| Appears in Collections: | ADB Collections |
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