Essays about: "female labor force participation"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 40 essays containing the words female labor force participation.

  1. 26. The Importance of Education for the Relationship between Economic Integration and Female Labor Market Outcomes: A Developing Country Analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Cassandra Lindgren; Julian Sievers; [2014]
    Keywords : Female labor market outcomes; female education; developing countries; interaction term; cohort-specific data; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Women in developing countries have been and are still suffering from various disadvantages on the labor market. We use a fixed effects model with a hierarchical structure to assess the empirical relationship between economic integration, measured by trade, exports and imports, and the female labor force participation rate (FLFPR). READ MORE

  3. 27. The Relationship between Family Policies and Total Fertility Rate in East Asian countries, 1995-2009

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Zubdah Farrukh; [2014]
    Keywords : East Asia; Family Policies; Fertility; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : East Asia has experienced a substantial decline in fertility over past few decades. Japan and Korea touched lowest level of fertility, which is 1,26 and 1,08 children per woman respectively in 2005. However, Taiwan continued to decline until 2010 when the fertility rate was 0,90 children per woman. READ MORE

  4. 28. The Effect of Globalization on Gender Equality within Welfare and Work Life

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Olsson; [2014]
    Keywords : Globalization; Gender equality; Welfare; Work life; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyze what effect different aspects of globalization have had on gender equality in welfare and work life during the period 1970-2012 using data for up to 171 countries. The KOF index of globalization is used as a proxy to include social, political and economic globalization. READ MORE

  5. 29. The Employment Gap between immigrants and natives in European countries : The importance of integration policy and origin

    University essay from Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Thunhavich Thitiratsakul; Thatee Diawpanich; [2013]
    Keywords : employment gap;

    Abstract : We study the employment gap between immigrants and natives in 16 European countries and the effect of integration policies and country of origin. In this paper, we want to answer 3 main questions. READ MORE

  6. 30. Taxation and Married Female Labor Supply - A Study of the Swedish Separate Filing Reform of Labor Income in 1971

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Haixia Wang; Carl Öhman; [2013]
    Keywords : Tax filing system; Tax progressivity; Secondary earner; Married female labor force participation;

    Abstract : Sweden's separate filing reform of labor income in 1971 was important for the decision of wives, often secondary earners historically, regarding whether or not to start working in the market. In this paper, we develop a static model of labor supply, exclusively focusing on the labor supply decision of the wife. READ MORE