Economic Growth and Female Labor Force Participation Verifying the U-Feminization Hypothesis. New Evidence for 162 Countries Over the Period 1990-2012.

Lechman, Ewa; Kaur, Harleen

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2551476

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“…This study also reveals a statistically significant positive relationship between per capita GDP and female labour participation in both the short and long run, similar to the findings of Mujahid and Uz Zafar (2012), Tsani, Paroussos, Fragiadakis, Charalambidis, and Capros (2013), and Lechman and Kaur (2015). Interaction between life expectancy and female labour force participation is positive and significant as seen in our study.…”

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confidence: 90%

Sustainable development: Does improvement in education and health of women improve female labour force participation rate?

Osundina

2019

Sustainable Development

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The sustainable development goals are a call to action to protect the planet and guarantee peace and prosperity for all people. Since inception, the sustainable development goals have brought about general improvements in the quality of life of females, especially in the aspects of health and education. The question however is whether these improvements also create more employment opportunities for females or not. This study attempts to provide empirical answers to this question by revisiting the determinants of labour force participation rate. The objective of the study is to investigate the impact of improvement in health and education on employment opportunities for females in Nigeria over the period 1990–2016, using up‐to‐date econometric techniques. Empirical revelations show positive and significant relationships between health status of females in Nigeria and their labour participation rate and also between the level of education of females in Nigeria and their labour participation rate. These outcomes resonate with existing literature. Thus, this study concludes that females with higher education and appreciable health statuses have better chances of participating in the labour force. Therefore, stakeholders and policymakers in Nigeria are encouraged to deliberately align with the sustainable development goals.

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Sustainable development: Does improvement in education and health of women improve female labour force participation rate?

Osundina

2019

Sustainable Development

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“…Ever since Goldin (1995) proposed the idea that there is a U-shaped female labor force participation rate function in economic development, empirical research is stunned by the question why the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are characterized by such low international rates of female labor force participation (Gaddis and Klasen, 2014;Ganguli, Hausmann and Viarengo, 2014;Lechman and Kaur, 2015;Tsani, Paroussos, Fragiadakis, Charalambidis and Capros, 2015;Verme, 2015;Verme, Barry and Guennouni, 2014). The typical verdict of one of these recent empirical studies on the low female labor force participation rate in the MENA region was that the U-shape hypothesis per se does not provide clear leads on why female labor force participation rates in the MENA region are so low (Verme, Barry and Guennouni, 2014).…”

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Islamism and gender relations in the Muslim world as reflected in recent World Values Survey data

Tausch¹,

Heshmati

2016

Soc Ec

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“… Tansel () and Lechman and Kaur () acknowledge that certain cultural beliefs, social customs and traditions hinder women's participation in the labour market.…”

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“…For instance, there are prevailing accepted norms in some African societies that men are the principal breadwinners and women are the primary caretakers of the family and caregivers. 7Tansel (2002) andLechman and Kaur (2015) acknowledge that certain cultural beliefs, social customs and traditions hinder women's participation in the labour market.…”

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Female Economic Participation with Information and Communication Technology Advancement: Evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa

Efobi¹,

Tanankem²,

Asongu

2018

South African J Economics

182

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This study complements existing literature by investigating how the advancement in information and communication technology affects the formal economic participation of women. The focus is on 48 African countries for the period 1990‐2014. The empirical evidence is based on ordinary least squares, fixed effects and the generalized method of moments regressions. The results show that improving communication technology increases female economic participation with the following consistent order of increasing magnitude: mobile phone penetration, internet penetration and fixed broadband subscriptions. The findings are robust to the control for heterogeneities across countries. Policy implications are discussed in the paper.

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Economic Growth and Female Labor Force Participation Verifying the U-Feminization Hypothesis. New Evidence for 162 Countries Over the Period 1990-2012.

Cited by 36 publications

References 23 publications

Sustainable development: Does improvement in education and health of women improve female labour force participation rate?

Sustainable development: Does improvement in education and health of women improve female labour force participation rate?

Islamism and gender relations in the Muslim world as reflected in recent World Values Survey data

Female Economic Participation with Information and Communication Technology Advancement: Evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa

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