Economic Development and Female Labor Participation in the Middle East and North Africa : A Test of the U-Shape Hypothesis

Economic Development and Female Labor Participation in the Middle East and North Africa : A Test of the U-Shape Hypothesis

The Middle East and North Africa region is known for having low female labor market participation rates as compared with its level of economic development. A possible explanation is that these countries find themselves at the turning point of the U...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Verme, Paolo
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ADULT WOMEN
AGE GROUP
AGE GROUPS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
BARGAINING
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS
CHANGES IN FERTILITY
DECLINE IN FERTILITY
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIVERSIFICATION
DIVISION OF LABOUR
DRIVERS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EDUCATED WOMEN
EDUCATION OF WOMEN
EQUATIONS
FAMILY FARMS
FAMILY SIZE
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE PARTICIPATION
FERTILITY
FERTILITY RATE
FERTILITY RATES
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER GAP
GENDER NORMS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA
HOUSEHOLD CHORES
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME EFFECT
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION
JOBLESS GROWTH
JOBS
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR SUPPLY
LABORERS
MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
MARRIAGE AGE
MARRIED WOMEN
MORTALITY
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
OCCUPATIONS
OUTPUTS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POVERTY REDUCTION
PREGNANCIES
PREVIOUS RESULTS
PREVIOUS SECTION
PROGRESS
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REGIONAL FACTORS
REGIONAL GROUPING
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGIONAL PATTERN
REGIONAL PERFORMANCE
RURAL AREAS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SOCIAL SCIENCE
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
SUBSTITUTION EFFECT
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYED FEMALES
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNPAID WORKERS
URBAN AREAS
VALUE ADDED
WAGES
WEALTH
WOMAN
WORKER
WORLD REGIONS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19686510/economic-development-female-labor-participation-middle-east-north-africa-test-u-shape-hypothesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18783

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19686510/economic-development-female-labor-participation-middle-east-north-africa-test-u-shape-hypothesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18783

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