Essays about: "female labor force participation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the words female labor force participation.

  1. 1. Do Countries with Higher Female Labor Force Participation Trade More? : A structural gravity model analysis.

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Örebro Universitet

    Author : Mikaela Similä; William Merborn; [2024]
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  3. 2. Economic Empowerment: Protection or Risk? : - A quantitative study on economic empowerment and intimate partner violence

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Signe Wiktorsson; [2022]
    Keywords : violence against women; intimate partner violence; IPV; intimate partner violence against women; IPVAW; economic empowerment; marital dependency theory; relative resource theory;

    Abstract : Violence against women is an issue faced by women all over the world. Violence conducted by a partner or husband is the most common form of violence that women are targeted by. Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is internationally recognized as a human rights violation as well as a major global health issue. READ MORE

  4. 3. Female Labor Force Participation and its Driving Forces : A Comparison Study between Japan and Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Jianwei Li; Yuyi Song; [2022]
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    Abstract : One of the interesting phenomenal observed in developed nation is high female labor force participation rate and relatively low fertility rate. Japan has a considerable proportion of its aging population affected by its low fertility rate, while Sweden still has a relatively healthy population structure with slightly above average fertility rate among OECD nations since 2002. READ MORE

  5. 4. Paid Parental Leave and Women Labor force Participation : The case of Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Elvira Gustavsson; Lina Fogel; [2022]
    Keywords : Parental leave; Maternity leave; Paternity leave; Women labor force participation; Equality;

    Abstract : Our paper analyzes how paid parental leave schemes affect female labor force participation in Sweden. We examine this question on municipality level from 2003 to 2019. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of a policy reform made in 2016 and analyze how it mainly affects women and their participation rate. READ MORE

  6. 5. Land of the Rising Women? Estimating the Effect of Gender Culture on Regional Variations in Female Labour Force Participation in Japan

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Rasmus Salén; Jakob Ringberg; [2022]
    Keywords : female labor force participation; gender culture; regional differences; instrumental variable estimation; latent variable;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the explanatory power of differences in gender culture on persistent regional variations in female labour force participation across Japan. The phenomenon is scarcely studied, and establishing causality has never been the subject of research. READ MORE