Climate Shocks, Employability and Gender Inequality in the Labor Market in Togo

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the effect of climate shocks on employability and gender inequalities in the labor market in Togo. In order to achieve this, the logit model was used to estimate the effect of climate shocks on the employability of men and women, and then the non-linear Fairlie decomposition made it possible to highlight the contribution of climate shocks to gender inequalities. We used data from the 2021 Harmonized Household Living Conditions Survey (EHCVM). The main results obtained are: (i) climate shocks have a negative and significant effect on the employability of men and women by reducing their chance of participating in the labor market by 1.3% and 4% respectively; (ii) climate shocks contribute 1.32 percentage points to the accentuation of gender inequalities in the labor market. In light of these results, we suggest that the gender dimension be effectively taken into account in all forms of decision-making, and more particularly in response to climate shocks as well as challenges related to employability in the labor market.