scholarly journals Women’s Labor force Participation in Sri Lanka: An Inquiry into the Factors Influencing Women’s Participation in the Labor Market

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-187
Author(s):  
Wanninayake M. Semasinghe ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Women's Labor Force Participation

scholarly journals Does Women’s Participation in Politics Matter for Economic Development in OIC-15? An Islamic Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-222
Author(s):  
Sari Ramdayani ◽  
M. Shabri Abd. Majid ◽  
Suriani Suriani
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Trade Balance ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Islamic Perspective ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Islamic Economic ◽  
Women's Labor Force Participation

This study aims to empirically determine and analyze the role of women's participation in politics, female population growth, trade balance, and women's labor force participation in promoting economic development across 15 OIC countries during the 2006-2017 period, both in short- and long-run from an Islamic perspective. Using the Panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) method, this study found that, in the short term, trade balance and women's labor force participation have promoted Islamic economic development. In contrast, women's participation has a negative effect on the economic development of OIC countries. In the long term, on the other hand, all variables have promoted Islamic economic development in OIC countries, except for the trade balance variable. These findings suggest that coordination and synergy for strengthening economic development among OIC countries need to be enhanced, focusing on women's role in politics, labor force, quality of population, and economic dimensions.JEL Classification: C33, F16, J16, O11, P48Ramdayani, S., Majid, M. S. A., & Suriani, S. (2021). Does Women's Participation in Politics Matter for Economic Development in OIC-15? An Islamic Perspective. Signifikan: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi, 10 (2), 209-222. https://doi.org/10.15408/sjie.v10i2.20214.

Strategy for Abolishing Barriers to Women Participation in Labor Force

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Tendy Gunawan
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Labor Force Participation Rate ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
The World ◽  
Women's Labor Force Participation

<p>The female labor force participation rate has not moved from 50-55% in the last ten years, and this condition has been exacerbated by the covid-19 pandemic. This study looks at the various challenges for women in entering the world of work, maintaining jobs and building careers, and what strategies stakeholders can take to remove various barriers to women's labor force participation. The strategic recommendations include affirmative actions and policies that could be taken by policy makers and companies to remove barriers to women's participation in the workforce. The study is based on literature reviews of various studies and surveys conducted by the ILO in 2010-2020, especially regarding women in the world of work.</p>

Implications of Changes in Men's and Women's Labor Force Participation for Real Compensation Growth and Inflation

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine Anderson ◽  
Lisa Barrow ◽  
Kristin F. Butcher
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Phillips Curve ◽  
The United States ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Unemployment Rates ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
Growth Changes ◽  
Women's Labor Force Participation

AbstractDuring the 1990s economic expansion, the United States enjoyed both low inflation and low unemployment. Juhn, Murphy, and Topel (2002) point out that low unemployment for men in the 1990s was accompanied by historically high non-employment suggesting that the 1990s economy was not as strong as unemployment might indicate. We include women in the analysis and examine whether Phillips curve relationships between real compensation growth, changes in inflation, and labor market slackness are the same for men and women and whether measures of “non-employment” better capture underlying labor resource utilization. From 1965 to 2002 the increase in women’s labor force participation more than offsets the decline for men, and low unemployment rates in the 1990s were accompanied by historically low overall non-employment rates. We find that women’s measures of labor market slackness do as well as men’s in explaining real compensation growth and changes in inflation after 1983.

scholarly journals Women's Participation in Labor Force in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A Review of Determinants and Impacts

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Victoria Matatio Elia Guli ◽  
Nigatu Regassa Geda
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Gainful Employment ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Women's Labor Force Participation

Background: In the last few decades, there has been a significant increase in women's participation in gainful employment in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This scooping review has primarily aimed at assessing the key determinants and effects of women's involvement in the labor force in SSA. Methods: The authors did the review based on 19 articles selected from PubMed and goggle search. The selection considered only those published in the last 15 years, conducted based on large sample from Sub-Saharan African countries, and those exclusively related to women’s Labor Force Participation (LFP). More than 80% of the reviewed studies (16 of the 19) employed a cross-sectional study design with quantitative approaches. Results: The review witnessed that women's labor force participation in SSA is determined by various individual, household, and community characteristics. Women with lower fertility, living in poor economic condition (low wealth quantiles), and those with above primary education were more likely to participate in gainful employment. Other demographic factors explaining why some women participate in the labor force more often than others include women's age, marital status, number of under-five children, household size, and headship. Among the community variables, living in areas with better infrastructure (transport and communication) increased the likelihood of women’s participation in gainful employment. Nearly all studies showed significant positive impacts of women's labor force participation on several domains of women's life and household well-being, such as on women's nutrition, childcare, and health service utilization. Conclusion: The review implies that despite concerns about some adverse impacts of women's participation in gainful employment (such as on childcare), most of the studies indicated positive effects of LFP on women's and children's health, nutrition, and overall household well-being in SSA.

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