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HER: The race between the marriage and the labour markets

Published/Broadcast 23 March 2026

Oriana Bandiera, Amen Jalal and Nina Roussille have writen a VoxDev article on 'The Race between the marriage and the labour markets'. 

In Pakistan, encouraging women to apply for jobs immediately after graduation significantly improves their likelihood of working by enabling them to enter the labour market before marriage pressures intensify. Results are driven by the women who misperceive how quickly these constraints will limit their employment opportunities.

You can read the full article here