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玻璃墙:女性获取高价值技能培训机会所面临约束的实验证据

Glass Walls: Experimental Evidence on Constraints Faced by Women in Accessing Valuable Skilling Opportunities
Journal of Political Economy · 2025 · Ali Cheema、Asim I. Khwaja、M. Farooq Naseer、Jacob N. Shapiro

中文摘要

来自巴基斯坦的实验证据表明,距离构成了一个巨大且非连续的获取约束:拥有村内培训中心的女性,获得高价值培训机会的可能性是其他女性的四倍。超过一半的出行惩罚发生在跨越村庄边界之时。外生的补贴变化表明,抵消这一边界效应的成本很高,且该效应无法由出行成本解释。安全考量是一个重要因素:提供安全的集体交通会提高参与率,而安全顾虑较多的女性,以及途经人口稀少地区(作为不安全状况的代理变量)的女性,其参与率较低。该培训对参加村内和村外培训中心的女性均产生了相似的正向收益。

Abstract

Experimental evidence from Pakistan shows that distance poses a large and discontinuous access constraint: women with village-based training centers are four times more likely to access valued training opportunities. More than half of the travel penalty is incurred when crossing the village boundary. Exogenous stipend variation reveals that this boundary effect is costly to offset and is not explained by travel costs. Security considerations are an important factor: providing secure group transport raises take-up, while women with greater safety concerns and those traversing underpopulated areas, a proxy for insecurity, have lower take-up. The training has similar positive benefits for women attending inside- and outside-village centers.
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