Dynamic Female Labor Supply

Eckstein, Zvi; Lifshitz, Osnat

doi:10.3982/ecta8803

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“…One-year additional education attainment is expected to increase the female labor participation rate by about 5.7% for 125 countries. Several studies that found a positive influence of education on women's labor supply are Nam (1991), Eun (2007), Lim (2017), Eckstein andLifshitz (2011), Cameron et al (2001), Abbas (2013), Hafeez andAhmed (2002), andChamlou et al (2011). However, Heath and Jayachandran (2016) argued that increased education did not universally translate into a higher probability of working, as in the case of Pakistan.…”

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Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation in Asian Countries; Panel ARDL Approach

Nazah

Duasa

Arifin

2021

JESP

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Fertility has a close relationship with female labor force participation and is predicted to be the prominent factor affecting female labor force participation in rich and emerging countries. The decline in fertility worldwide, accompanied by increased female education, is assumed to increase female labor force participation. The increase in the female labor force participation rate can improve economic incentives for the country. Therefore, this study estimates the effect of fertility and female education on female labor force participation in cross-country panel datasets from 39 Asian countries, using panel ARDL analysis from 1990-2018. This study also examines the panel causality between the variables employing Dumitrescu and Hurlin’s (2012) Granger non-causality test. According to the Hausman test, among the three models in panel ARDL, DFE is the preferred model compared to the PMG and MG. The results revealed that fertility was negatively significant on female labor participation in the short run but not in the long run. In contrast, female education was positively significant on female labor participation in the long run but not in the short run. Meanwhile, the panel causality showed a bidirectional relationship between female labor participation and fertility, female labor participation and education, and fertility and female education.

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Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation in Asian Countries; Panel ARDL Approach

Nazah

Duasa

Arifin

2021

JESP

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“…Many studies have been done to understand FLFP across the globe, in India, and specifically in Surat city. Eckstein & Lifshitzi (2011) used a dynamic model to understand FLFP and found that education level leads to a 33% increase in female employment and a narrow wage gap leads to a 20% increase in female labour supply. About 40% of the female labour supply remains unexplained due to household characteristics, which can be examined empirically.…”

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The Labour Market Behaviour of Working-Age Women in Surat City

Raval

2024

Conference Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Women

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Female labour force participation has always been associated with the socioeconomic development of a country. India being one of the most progressive economies of recent times, it is important to understand gender parity in the workforce of the country and its implications, especially for the strata of highly educated individuals. Though many studies examine female labour force participation in India, the need for domestic study is recommended considering the unique socio-economic fabric of that place. Surat being one of the major economic hubs of western India, understanding labour market behaviour of highly educated working-age women in this city brings fresh prospective to the labour market potential for the future economic progress of the city. This study examines the labour market behaviour of highly educated working-age women from Surat city with reference to social, economic, academic, and infrastructural factors. The present study being descriptive in nature, data were collected from 796 female respondents, working-age women (16–59 years) from Surat city. Data were collected through a digital survey from women who have received a graduation, master, or more than a master degree from Surat city. Though the women respondents included in this study had a high education level, 34.6% of highly educated women are still not working. In social factors, gaining financial independence (55%) turned out to be one of the major driving forces for being a part of labour force; in financial factors, having financial independence (55%) and the responsibility to run a family (24.3%) turned out to be major reasons to work. 63.2% of respondents recommended the need for a more practical-oriented course structure for higher education degrees. 16.8% of respondents are not satisfied with the infrastructure facilities available at the workplace. Though it is difficult to alter the socio-economic fabric of the place, offering relatively equal pay, female-friendly HR policies, and appropriate infrastructural facilities can encourage highly educated females to be a part of the labour force. Keywords: Female Labor Force Participation (FLFP), working age, labour force, Indian labour force

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“…Better educated females are more likely to join the labour market since education raises their potential earnings relative to household work (Eckstein and Lifshitz, 2011). Pissarides et al (2005) report that the employment rate of highly educated women in Europe is higher than those with a lower level of education, with the former also exhibiting a smaller gender gap in employment.…”

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Estimating the Impact of Structural Reforms to Increase the Female Participation Rate in Malta

Micallef¹

2018

IJSSS

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Malta registered the largest increase in the female participation rate among European countries since 2008. This increase was driven by various policy initiatives aimed to attract more females to the labour market but also by the changing role of women in society. Furthermore, at 53.8% in 2015, the female participation rate in Malta still remains relatively low by European standards, suggesting further catching-up potential. The trend increase in participation, driven mostly by females, is estimated to have contributed, on average, to 0.8 percentage points per annum to Malta's potential GDP between 2008 and 2015. The impact of reforms is calculated by adjusting the post-2008 participation rate to long run trends in Maltese society, as well as using a cohort model that accounts for the changing demographics and education attainment of the workforce. The median impact of the estimates presented in this paper suggests that around half of the increase in the female participation rate is attributable to reforms. These reforms are estimated to have raised potential GDP growth in Malta by around 0.3 percentage point per annum between 2008 and 2015.JEL classification: E24, J11, J21, J24

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Dynamic Female Labor Supply

Cited by 123 publications

References 59 publications

Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation in Asian Countries; Panel ARDL Approach

Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation in Asian Countries; Panel ARDL Approach

The Labour Market Behaviour of Working-Age Women in Surat City

Estimating the Impact of Structural Reforms to Increase the Female Participation Rate in Malta

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