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Labor market information and parental attitudes toward women working outside the home : experimental evidence from rural Pakistan Makino, Momoe 61355 JEL:D83 - Search • Learning • Information and Knowledge • Co … JEL:D91 - Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models … JEL:J16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination JEL:J29 - Other JEL:O53 - Asia including Middle East JEL:Z13 - Economic Sociology • Economic Anthropology • Langu … Women working outside the home Parental decision Information Social norm Randomized controlled trial South Asia application/pdf IDP000826_001 Women’s paid-work participation remains low in South Asian countries even though it is considered crucial for development and alleviation of poverty. Prior qualitative interviews have revealed the general lack of knowledge on labor market opportunities for women workers. This study aims to investigate whether providing parents with information on i ncome earning opportunities for young women is effective in changing parental attitudes t oward women working outside the home. A randomized controlled trial was conducted within commuting distance of formal export-oriented garment factories in rural Pakistan. The estimation results show that provision of information about working conditions and environments is effective in influencing positive changes in parental attitudes toward women working in garment factories. Given the strong stigma associated with women working outside the home, especially in factories, I believe that the observed positive t ransformation forms an encouraging first step toward achieving actual enhancement of women’s paid-work participation. technical report Institute of Developing Economies　(IDE-JETRO) 2021-09 VoR application/pdf IDE Discussion Paper 826 IDE Discussion Paper https://ir.ide.go.jp/record/52876/files/IDP000826_001.pdf https://doi.org/10.20561/00052833 http://hdl.handle.net/2344/00052833 https://ir.ide.go.jp/records/52876 eng South Asia Pakistan Copyrights 2021 by author(s)