01277pab a2200169 454500008003600000100001800036245007100054362002900125520072100154650002900875650004100904700001700945773004200962909001001004999001701014952007601031180718b   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aTurner Thomas  aWomen in the Zambian civil service: a case of equal opportunities?  a14(1), Feb 1994, p.79-92  aThere is a paucity of empirical microlevel studies of women in the formal sector in developing countries. This article attempts to redress this deficit and focuses on the position of women in the Zambian civil service using information from a sample of personnel records. Although women are disproportionately represented in the civil service compared with other areas of the formal economy, the current positions of males and females are significantly different. However, the results of the survey are not easily encompassed in the prevailing theoretical frameworks and, rather surprisingly, it appears that it is age rather than gender that is the crucial explanatory variable. Finally, a number of possible explan  a Civil Service -- Zambia  aWomen in the Civil Service -- Zambia  aO'Connor Pat  aPublic Administration and Development  a27104  c27104d27104  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19pAR27206r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR