Female labor force participation in developing countries

Artikel

While women’s labor force participation tends to increase with economic development, the relationship is not straightforward or consistent at the country level. There is considerably more variation across developing countries in labor force participation by women than by men. This variation is driven by a wide variety of economic and social factors, which include economic growth, education, and social norms. Looking more broadly at improving women’s access to quality employment, a critical policy area is enhancing women’s educational attainment beyond secondary schooling.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2014 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
• Subject: female labor force participation ; developing countries ; employment

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Verick, Sher
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2014

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.87
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/125310
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET