Essays about: "Female labour force participation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words Female labour force participation.

  1. 1. Economic determinants of OECD fertility rates : Evidence of the Easterlin hypothesis

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Nils Gyllow; [2023]
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    Abstract : The Easterlin hypothesis of relative cohort sizes has previously been used to explain changes in the fertility rate in the mid-20th century. The hypothesis states that a small relative size of the young cohort to the old cohort increases the fertility rate, and a large relative size of the young cohort to the old cohort decreases the fertility rate. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Power of the Power Suit : How do the representations of women’s work in American Vogue reflect the changes in the female labour force participation rate from 1900 to 2020?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Mikaela Sasi; [2022]
    Keywords : Female Labour Force Participation Rate FLFP ; Fashion; Media Representation; United States; Economic History; Content Analysis; The Vogue Magazine; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The increase in female labour force participation rate can be considered as the most significant labour market trend taken place over the last 120 years in the United States. However, despite the drastic increase, women’s labour participation has stagnated since the mid-1990s. READ MORE

  4. 3. Socio-economic and Demographic Factors associated with Fertility – Southeast and East Asian Evidence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Chen; Ruoshui He; [2022]
    Keywords : Fertility rates; Socio-economic and demographic determinants; Southeast and East Asia; Two-child policy; Fixed-effects; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Over the last three decades, Southeast and East Asian countries have experienced a substantial fertility decline. The socio-economic and demographic determinants appear to be important in explaining the fertility transition experienced in the region. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. The Effect of Changing Gender Roles on Fertility-An analysis of two European country groups

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Pauline Bode; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender equality; fertility; housework division; Gender revolution; gender egalitarian attitudes; demography; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to test the effect of changing gender roles on fertility. Previous literature has suggested that moving towards gender equality in the household sphere can increase fertility. I test whether a more equal division of housework or gender-egalitarian attitudes affect fertility. READ MORE