The rise in women's labour force participation in Mexico: Supply vs demand factors

Arbeitspapier

We estimate the relative importance of alternative labour supply and demand mechanisms in explaining the rise of female labour force participation over the last 55 years in Mexico. The growth of female labour force participation in Mexico between 1960 and 2015 followed an S-shape, with a considerable acceleration during the 1990s. Using decomposition methods and a shift-share design, we show that, put together, supply and demand factors can account for the rise of female labour force participation over the period, led by increases in women's education and shifts in the occupational structure of the workforce. However, there is unexplained variation in the 1990s, when female labour force participation spiked.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-92-9256-950-1
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2021/16

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; Labor Demand
• Thema: female labour force participation ; Mexico ; education ; labour demand ; labour supply

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Bhalotra, Sonia R. ; Fernández, Manuel
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2021

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2021/950-1
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/229417
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ