An overview of women’s work and employment in Azerbaijan
Table of contents
Management summary..................................................................................................................7
1. Introduction: The Decisions for Life project.........................................................................11
2. Gender analysis regarding work and employment ..................................................................13
2.1.Introduction: the general picture ...............................................................................................................13
2.1.1. History 13
2.1.2. Governance 15
2.1.3. Prospects 20
2.2.Communication..............................................................................................................................................22
2.3.The sectoral labour market structure..........................................................................................................24
2.3.1. Population and employment 24
2.3.2. Unemployment 27
2.4.National legislation and labour relations....................................................................................................28
2.4.1. Legislation 28
2.4.2. Labour relations and wage-setting 30
2.5.Minimum wage and poverty.........................................................................................................................32
2.5.1. The statutory minimum wage 32
2.5.2. Inequality and poverty 32
2.6.Demographics and female labour force.....................................................................................................34
2.6.1. Population and fertility 34
2.6.2. Health 36
2.6.3. Women’s labour market share 38
2.7.Education and skill levels of the female labour force..............................................................................41
2.7.1. Literacy 41
2.7.2. Education of girls 41
2.7.3. Female skill levels 43
2.8.Wages and working conditions of the target group.................................................................................45
2.8.1. Wages 45
2.8.2. Working conditions 46
3. Basic information for WageIndicator Questionnaire............................................................49
3.1.Introduction....................................................................................................................................................49
3.2.List of educational categories and ISCED levels .....................................................................................49
3.3.List of regions ................................................................................................................................................50
3.4.List of languages...........................................................................................................................................52
References.................................................................................................................................53
What is WageIndicator?...........................................................................................................57
Page • 5
More intriguing information
1. Estimation of marginal abatement costs for undesirable outputs in India's power generation sector: An output distance function approach.2. The magnitude and Cyclical Behavior of Financial Market Frictions
3. Industrial districts, innovation and I-district effect: territory or industrial specialization?
4. Meat Slaughter and Processing Plants’ Traceability Levels Evidence From Iowa
5. The name is absent
6. Strategic Policy Options to Improve Irrigation Water Allocation Efficiency: Analysis on Egypt and Morocco
7. The name is absent
8. The name is absent
9. Types of Tax Concessions for Promoting Investment in Free Economic and Trade Areas
10. Knowledge, Innovation and Agglomeration - regionalized multiple indicators and evidence from Brazil