Female labor force participation in developing countries

Verick, Sher

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“…Moreover, the analysis of women's labor force participation seems to be multifaceted. The empowerment of women may be driven simply by poverty (especially in less-developed countries), but also by women's increasing educational attainment and work opportunities created in modern countries (Verick, 2014). Analyzing the drivers of female labor force participation in poor countries, we observe push factors, which force women to work, in contrast to well-developed countries, where pull factors draw women into the labor market (Klasen & Pieters, 2012).…”

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“…On the other hand, a variety of female labor force participation rates are observed across countries, reflecting differences in economic development, social norms, education levels, and fertility rates. Moreover, labor force participation among women is more varied than among men (Verick, 2014).…”

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“…First of all, despite the common claim that women's empowerment and economic development are closely interrelated, economic development alone is insufficient to enable significant progress in women's empowerment (Duflo, 2012). Some empirical studies show rather weak evidence on the pure influence of changes in gross domestic product (GDP) per capita on the evolution of female labor force participation (Verick, 2014). Moreover, some research results show that rising urbanization causes a fall in women's engagement in the labor market as they are withdrawn from the agricultural labor market (Verick, 2014).…”

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“…In particular, study of women´s economic activity based on two-step methodology of econometric exercise and general equilibrium modelling indicates the importance of specific barriers in some countries (Tsani et al, 2013). In developing countries significant differences in the economic activity of women are caused by a wide variety of economic and social factors that include economic growth, education, social norms (Verick, 2014). Important factors are also international migration (Abdulloev et al, 2014) and historical unforeseen circumstances (Gaddis and Klasen, 2014).…”

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Evidence of Asymmetries and Nonlinearity of Unemployment and Labour Force Participation Rate in Ukraine

Lukianenko¹,

Oliskevych²

2017

Prague Economic Papers

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With respect to instability and structural changes for maintaining effective functioning of economy an important issue is to study the dynamics of processes in the labour market, including labour supply and employment. Considering negative demographic trends and an acute problem of population aging in Ukraine the article presents an empirical research of the dynamics of labour force participation and unemployment rate, as well as the correlation relationship between them in various periods of time. On the basis of threshold-disturbance moving average and threshold-disturbance autoregressive models there are elicited significant asymmetric reactions of labour force participation rate, unemployment rate and productivity to positive and negative macroeconomic shocks. For modelling the asymmetric behaviour of economic activity of population there is developed a nonlinear logistic smooth transition autoregressive model. In the result of econometric analysis there is received large estimated value of slope parameter which characterizes the smoothness of transition. This indicates that the economic activity of the population in Ukraine quickly reacts to the previous changes that took place in the labour market. In times of crisis Ukrainian households increase labour supply and show increased activity in job search in order to prevent the decline of their income.

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“…While much progress has been made in getting more women into the workforce [4], many challenges remain such as fewer employment opportunities, gender inequality, social and cultural obstacles, discriminatory work practices and lower salaries [5]- [8]. In addition, certain demographic features such as age, marital status, religion, the level of education, income, area of residence and spousal support can also affect women's participation in the labor force [9]- [13].…”

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Factors Affecting Women’s Participation in the Jordanian Workforce

Mehtap¹

2016

IJSSH

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Abstract-Women's participation in the workforce contributes to economic development, empowerment, gender equality and helps to uplift society. Yet the number of women who are active in the global workforce is still low, particularly in the Middle East and this has been attributed to a number of socio-economic reasons. This exploratory study aims to compile a profile of the non-working Jordanian female and gauge their perceptions of certain socio-economic factors that affect female participation in the labor force. It also attempts to measure their degree of satisfaction with staying at home. Out of the 145 non-working women surveyed, the majority were married with children, a university graduate without any work experience and with a household income of over 1,000 JOD. In general these women acknowledged that there were socio-economic factors deterring them from engaging in the work force and if they were to work it would be for reasons of self-actualization and preferably within the public sector. Except for education level and family income there were no significant differences in perceptions with respect to certain demographic factors. Respondents believe that gender stereotypes should not be an obstacle to working and are against men being given preferential treatment for positions. Sometimes their perceptions did not reflect actual reality and many respondents were not really aware of women friendly labor laws. Finally, the majority of women were not satisfied with staying at home. The results of this study calls for concrete action to amend labor laws, and help break down gender stereotypes and cultural taboos within Jordanian society. Women's participation in the labor force is imperative for the economic development of the country.Index Terms-Economic development, employment, Jordan, women, workforce participation.

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Female labor force participation in developing countries

Cited by 170 publications

References 4 publications

The Impact of ICTs on Women’s Economic Empowerment

The Impact of ICTs on Women’s Economic Empowerment

Evidence of Asymmetries and Nonlinearity of Unemployment and Labour Force Participation Rate in Ukraine

Factors Affecting Women’s Participation in the Jordanian Workforce

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