The Rise in Female Participation in Colombia: Children, Education or Marital Status
Colombia has experienced a secular increase in female labor participation, which passed from nearly 47% in 1984 to 65% in 2006. We decompose the evolution of participation into changes in the composition of the population and changes in the participation rates by groups (defined according to the var...
Main Authors: | Amador, Diego, Bernal, Raquel, Peña, Ximena |
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Language: | English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9234 |
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