Demand Drivers of Female Labor Force Participation: Evidence From Selected African Countries

[1] Population Reference Bureau, World Population Data Sheet: With a special focus on women’s empowerment, (2015)Search in Google Scholar

[2] United Nations, World Population Prospects, key findings and advance tables, Department of Economics and Social Affairs, Population Divisions (2015). Retrieved from https://esa.un.org>publication>filesSearch in Google Scholar

[3] United Nations, Investing in Women and Girls: International Women’s Day 2008, United Nations Backgrounder, 2008. http://www.univienna.org/pdf/factsheets_women_2008_e.pdf.feb 2008Search in Google Scholar

[4] Ernst and Young, Women of Africa, A Powerful Untapped Economic Force for the Continent, 2011, retrieved from http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/WomenofAfrica/$FILE/Women%20of%20Africa%20final.pdfSearch in Google Scholar

[5] World Bank, In Times of Crisis, Women can be Agents of Change: Interview with Otaviano Canuto,Vice President and Head of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network,” PREM Newsletter: Gender Equality as Smart Economics, Fall 2009.Search in Google Scholar

[6] Sachs, G. Australia’s Hidden Resource: The Economic Case for Increasing Female Participation, Research Report, Goldman Sachs JB Were Investment Research, (2009)Search in Google Scholar

[7] Morikawa, Y. The opportunities and challenges for female labor force participation in Morocco, Global Economy and Development (Working Paper 86), Brookings (2015)Search in Google Scholar

[8] Mahapatra, S. Women participation in labor force. New Delhi, Rajat Publications, 2002, 46-54Search in Google Scholar

[9] Klassen, S. and Pieters, J. Push or Pull? Drivers of female Labor Force Participation during India’s Economic Boom, IZA Discussion Paper Series, 2012, (N0. 6395). Germany.10.2139/ssrn.2019447Search in Google Scholar

[10] Bernal, R., and Cardenas, M. Determinants of labor demand in Colombia: 1976-1996. NBER working paper series, WP10077, 2003. http://www.nber.org/paper/10.3386/w10077Search in Google Scholar

[11] Plekutowska, A. Determinants of labor demand for immigrants in Poland. University of Bialystok, 2007 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242251937Search in Google Scholar

[12] Rotaru, P. C. A regional Model for labor demand in Romania, Theoretical and Applied Economics, 8(585), 2013, 7-14Search in Google Scholar

[13] Maleszyk, P. The determinants of labor demand in the Lubelskie Voivodship, Barometer Regionalny, 2014,53-63.10.56583/br.1077Search in Google Scholar

[14] Ibrahim, M. A. The determinants of private sector demand for employment in Egypt: 1990-2007, Advances in Management and Applied Economics, 3(1), 2013, 163-182. ISSN: 1792-7544,1792 5527(online). Sciencepress limitedSearch in Google Scholar

[15] Nguyen, K. T. Determinants of labor demand in the manufacturing sector: Does firm ownership matter? Crawford School of Public Policy, 2013Search in Google Scholar

[16] Adam, A., and Moutos, T. Industry level labor elasticities across Euro Zone: will there be any gain after the pain of internal devaluation. Economics Analysis and Research Department Special Studies Division, 2014, Working Paper ISSN 1109 669110.2139/ssrn.2463591Search in Google Scholar

[17] Samuelson, P. A. Tale of Two Macroeconomics, Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier, 15(3), 2003, 361-36310.1016/S0922-1425(02)00071-3Search in Google Scholar

[18] Statistical, Economics and Social Research and Training for Islamic Countries (2007) http://www.sesrtcic.org/stat_database.phpSearch in Google Scholar

[19] National Gender Policy, Federal Republic of Nigeria Situation Analysis / Framework. The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, 2009, Abuja.Search in Google Scholar

[20] Danish Trade Union Council, Malawi Labor Market Profile. Danish Trade Union Council for International Development and Co-operation, 2014.Search in Google Scholar

[21] African Development Bank, Gender Profile of the Union of Comoros. Africa Development Fund, Abidjan, Cote D’ Ivoire, 2009Search in Google Scholar

[22] D. N. GUJARATI, Basic Econometric, (4th Ed.) (The McGraw-Hill Companies. NewYork, 2004).Search in Google Scholar

[23] Engel, R. F., and Granger, C. W. J. Cointegration and error correction: Representation, estimation and testing, Econometrica, 55(2), 1987, 251-27610.2307/1913236Search in Google Scholar

[24] World Bank, World Development Report 2012: Gender. The World Bank, Washington, DC, 2011.Search in Google Scholar

[25] Klasen, S. and Lamanna, F. The impact of gender inequality in education and employment on economic growth: New evidence for a panel of countries, Feminist Economics, 15(3), 2009, 91-13210.1080/13545700902893106Search in Google Scholar

[26] Revenga, A. and Shetty, S. Empowering women is smart economics, Finance and Development, 49(1), 2012, 40-43Search in Google Scholar