Essays about: "female labor participation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 60 essays containing the words female labor participation.

1. 6. 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

3. 7. The gender gap in the unemployment rate before and after the corona-pandemic : A comparison between Sweden and Denmark

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Mimmi Andersson; Sofia Björkman; [2022]
   Keywords : Covid-19; gender differences; labor market; unemployment rate; women; lockdown; policies; gender inequality.;

   Abstract : This paper studies the Covid-19 pandemics effect on female labor market participation in Sweden and Denmark. Previous studies have various assessments on whether women were affected to a different extent than men. Studies from the United States indicate that women have been hit harder than men as a result of the pandemic. READ MORE

4. 8. 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

5. 9. 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. 10. Unemployment of foreign-born people in Europe : A study of the Beveridge Curve between 2012 and 2021

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Maike Strube; [2022]
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   Abstract : Migration has heavily increased in the past decade. The freedom of movement of labor is an important economic strength of Europe. A labor supply shock happened in 2015 when the “refugee crisis” brought many foreign-born people to Europe. READ MORE