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The Panel Data Analysis of Female Labor Participation and Economic Development Relationship in Developed and Developing Countries

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  • Murat Belke

    (Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey)

  • Süleyman Bolat

    (Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey and Tax Administration Research Center (TARC), Business School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK)

Abstract

This study investigates the long term (structural change in the economy) determinant of female labor participation. We test the U-shape hypothesis which is developed by Boserup (1970) and Goldin (1995) for the long-term relationship between economic development and female labor participation. The dataset includes 148 countries between the different time periods from 1991 to 2014. We also divide countries into two group based on the IMF methodology: developed countries (36 advanced countries) and developing countries (112 emerging and other developing countries). This paper used both fixed effects model and system generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator developed by Arellano and Bover (1995) and Blundell and Bond (1998). Results indicate that the U-shape hypothesis is valid in developing countries independently from the estimation methodology.

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  • Murat Belke & Süleyman Bolat, 2016. "The Panel Data Analysis of Female Labor Participation and Economic Development Relationship in Developed and Developing Countries," Economic Research Guardian, Weissberg Publishing, vol. 6(2), pages 67-73, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wei:journl:v:6:y:2016:i:2:p:67-73
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    1. Sidan Li & Shibing You & Duochenxi Liu & Yukun Wang, 2023. "National Quality and Sustainable Development: An Empirical Analysis Based on China’s Provincial Panel Data," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-22, March.
    2. Yu Shuangshuang & Wenzhong Zhu & Nafeesa Mughal & Sergio Ivan Vargas Aparcana & Iskandar Muda, 2023. "The impact of education and digitalization on female labour force participation in BRICS: an advanced panel data analysis," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-9, December.

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    Keywords

    Female Labor Participation; Economic Development; Labor Market; Panel Data Analysis;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • F66 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Labor
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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