This study looks at the relationship between the feminization of the labour market-defined as a relative increase in the female labour force participation rate and in the female labour supply as measured in hours-and economic growth in five Latin American countries. On the one hand, these trends are reflected in the potential demand that labour force participation can channel into economic growth. On the other, the conditions under which women enter and remain in the labour market will determine their supply-side (i.e. cost-based) contribution to growth. Labour supply functions are calculated using the supply in terms of hours, feminization rates and estimated wages in dynamic economic growth functions. The results indicate that the feminization of the labour force bears a positive relationship with growth but that increases in the labour supply (as measured in hours) does not.
ResumenEn el presente estudio se analiza la relación entre la feminización del mercado laboral -entendida como el incremento de la relación de participación laboral y las horas ofertadas de las mujeres en el mercado-y el crecimiento económico en cinco países de América Latina. Por una parte, este aporte se ve reflejado en el potencial de demanda que la participación puede movilizar hacia el crecimiento económico. Por la otra, las condiciones de entrada y permanencia de las mujeres en el mercado laboral determinarán otro nivel de aporte desde la oferta (costos). Se calculan funciones de oferta de trabajo y se incluyen las horas ofertadas, las tasas de feminización y los salarios estimados en funciones dinámicas de crecimiento económico. Las conclusiones apuntan a que la feminización laboral tiene una relación positiva con el crecimiento, no así el incremento en las horas ofertadas.
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