Encouraging women’s labor force participation in transition countries

Artikel

Increasing women’s labor force participation is important to sustainable economic development, especially in economies with highly educated women and an aging population. Women’s participation varies across transition countries, driven by such economic and social factors as traditional views of gender roles and limited government support for caregivers. Still, in all countries there is clear scope for policies aimed at increasing women’s participation. In particular, in countries where women’s educational attainment is already high, policies to support a better work−life balance and female entrepreneurship look particularly promising.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2016 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets; Industry Studies; Population ; Comparative Studies of Particular Economies
• Subject: female labor force participation ; transition countries ; aging ; work−life balance ; female entrepreneurship

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pignatti, Norberto
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.264
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/148489
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET