Essays about: "female labor participation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 60 essays containing the words female labor participation.

  1. 21. Is the Glass Ceiling a Motherhood Ceiling After All?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Karolina Jennings; [2019]
    Keywords : gender inequality; gender pay gap; child penalty; fertility; South Korea; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : South Korea has the highest gender pay gap and the lowest fertility rate in the OECD (OECD Data, n.y.). Gender equity theory suggests that there is a link between high gender inequality and low fertility, as women struggle to have both a career and a family. READ MORE

  3. 22. Female Labor Force Participation Rate and Economic Growth

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Author : Rustam Salimov; [2019]
    Keywords : Labor Force Participation Rate; Economic Growth; Solow Model; Female Labor Force Participation Rate;

    Abstract : This thesis analysed the effect of female labor force participation rate (FLFPR) on economicgrowth and included changes in male labor force participation rate (MLFPR) to help improve thepower of the model. Here, three robust regressions were used on the sample of 16 Latin Countries(Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala,Honduras, Venezuela, RB, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, El Salvador) for theperiod of 1995-2015 in order to identify the effect of each key variable when tested separately andwhen tested together. READ MORE

  4. 23. Do Women work more if they feel less guilty?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Vibeke Mueller; [2019]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Recent studies identified gender role attitudes as a determinant of the remaining gender gap in labor force participation. In this study, I will investigate the correlations between women’s gender role attitudes and female labor force participation in the European Union. READ MORE

  5. 24. The female labor market and gender equality

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Joel Canderhed; Victor Fingal; [2018-09-19]
    Keywords : Gender equality; Educational equality; Health equality; Political equality; Labor market; Service sector employment;

    Abstract : This paper is a cross-national panel study evaluating how education-, health- and political dimensions of gender equality are affected by the size and composition of the female labor market. The hypothesis is that improving labor force participation and female employment in the service sector have a positive relationship with the dimensions of gender equality. READ MORE

  6. 25. Development of Divorce in Sweden 1910-2000: A county-level analysis of divorce and economic determinants

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Martin Bergvall; [2018]
    Keywords : divorce; female labor force participation; industrialization; Sweden; county-level; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : One of the larger changes in society that affected individual’s lives during the 20th century is the increase in divorce rates that happened in almost all industrialized countries. It went from being an uncommon feature reserved for the rich to a prominent part of family-life. READ MORE