Changes in Female Employment in Mexico : Demographics, Economics, and Policies
The unemployment and labor force participation gender gaps narrowed in Mexico after the 2008 global economic crisis, when female labor force participation increased. This paper aims to understand female labor force participation growth and identify...
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/384331592918308567/Changes-in-Female-Employment-in-Mexico-Demographics-Economics-and-Policies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33987 |
Summary: | The unemployment and labor force
participation gender gaps narrowed in Mexico after the 2008
global economic crisis, when female labor force
participation increased. This paper aims to understand
female labor force participation growth and identify its
main determinants. For that purpose, the paper estimates a
probit model with data from the National Employment Survey
of 2007 and 2017, when the unemployment rate returned to the
pre-crisis level. Broadly, the results show that increasing
labor force participation of women ages 36 to 65 sustained
the growth of overall female labor force participation,
women's educational attainment can offset any
individual or household obstacle to women's
employability, and childcare availability significantly
supports mothers' employability. |
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