Do Information and Communication Technologies Empower Female Workers? Firm-Level Evidence from Viet Nam
| dc.contributor.author | ADB; Chun, Natalie; Tang, Heiwai | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-05T15:03:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-10-05T15:03:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-05 | |
| dc.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. | |
| dc.format.extent | 48 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | N/A | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | N/A | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2313-6537 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2313-6545 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.adb.org/publications/do-ict-empower-female-workers-viet-nam | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/5427 | |
| dc.subject.other | Gender | |
| dc.subject.other | Information and Communications Technology | |
| dc.title | Do Information and Communication Technologies Empower Female Workers? Firm-Level Evidence from Viet Nam | |
| local.publication.country | Cambodia |