Essays about: "female labor force participation"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 40 essays containing the words female labor force participation.

  1. 31. Wage Premiums on Education and the Increased Female University Enrollment Rate in Sweden 1970-1990

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sanna Wolf-Watz; [2012]
    Keywords : Returns to Education; University Enrollment rates; Sweden; Gender; 1970-1990; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Before 1977 more men than women enrolled in university education in Sweden. The female enrollment rate started to increased compare to male in 1973 and in 1977 it surpassed the male enrollment rate. Between 1978 and 1990 women remained at a stable level of c.60% of the newly enrolled students. READ MORE

  3. 32. Socio-economic Determinants of Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation in the Philippines

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Gerolf Aurig; [2012]
    Keywords : Fertility; socio-economic determinants; education; place of residence; contraception; female labor force participation; Philippines; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Socio-economic variables substantially determine fertility behavior and female labor force participation. Temporal fluctuations in socio-economic determinants of fertility and female labor force participation seem inevitable since they are subject to societal developments in the Philippines. READ MORE

  4. 33. The Effects of the Demographic Transition on Economic Growth : Implications for Japan

    University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Marie-Lor Sundman; [2011]
    Keywords : economic growth; demographic transition; Japan; age structure; labor supply;

    Abstract : Demographic transition implies severe challenges for high income nations, for instance Japan, as the population decreases due to declines in birth rates as well as the higher rate of elderly population. More women are entering the labor market which affects birth rates. READ MORE

  5. 34. Understanding Suicide : A Socio-Economic Approach

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Jusufbegovic Jasmin; Ottoson Johan; [2011]
    Keywords : suicide; socio-economic theory of suicide; panel data; fixed effects;

    Abstract : This thesis uses a panel of Swedish counties over the years 1976-2007 to investigate the relationship between suicide and a range of socio-economic determinants. Moreover, the thesis is combining sociology and economics in order to understand the part of suicide that can be considered as rational. READ MORE

  6. 35. The Role of Religion in Determining Female Labor Force Participation Rates

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Maciej Kus; [2011]
    Keywords : female labor force participation; religion; culture; identity; Hausman-Taylor;

    Abstract : This paper looks at macro level data to measure the influence religion has played on female labor force participation (FLFP) rates between 1980 and 2005. It also attempts to find if this influence has changed over time. READ MORE