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Niveau et déterminants de l’insertion des femmes sur le marché du travail au Mali

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  • Assa Doumbia Gakou

    (DNSI, Bamako)

  • Mathias Kuepie

    (DIAL,CEPS/INSTEAD)

Abstract

(english) The objective of this study is to identify factors that explain Malian women position in the labor market. We begin by presenting a theoretical framework that mobilizes three theories explaining women labor market integration: the feminist theory which shows that the disadvantaged women position in the labor market is an extension of their status in society, the theory of surviving strategies which postulates that the participation of women is strongly linked to households economic constraints and the standard human capital theory. Using data from the “Enquête Légère Intégrée auprès des Ménages” (ELIM) realized in 2003, we more or less validate the three theories: women from poor economic class are more actives. When the Malian women are educated, they have almost the same opportunity (or even more) than men to find their place in the cramped but protective public sector. A last, women with young children are more likely to be located into the informal sector. _________________________________ (français) L’article porte sur l’insertion des femmes maliennes sur le marché du travail. Le travail empirique s’appuie sur le traitement des données de l’Enquête Légère Intégrée auprès des Ménages (ELIM) de 2003. Trois théories explicatives sont testées : la théorie des stratégies de survie qui postule que la participation des femmes est fortement liée aux contraintes de survie des ménages ; la théorie standard du capital humain d’insertion sur le marché du travail, et les théories féministes qui montrent que la position défavorable des femmes sur le marché du travail n’est qu’un prolongement de leur situation dans la société. Nous validons l’hypothèse de stratégie de survie, les femmes appartenant aux ménages les plus pauvres s’insèrent plus fréquemment que celles des ménages les plus aisés sur le marché du travail. De plus, elles sont contraintes soit à mener conjointement étude et travail, soit à travailler et à assurer leur rôle de mère. Ce n’est que dans les classes aisées que l’éducation joue pleinement son rôle comme facteur stimulant la participation des femmes à l’activité économique. Quand elles sont actives, les femmes occupent une position légèrement plus défavorable que les hommes, en étant plus nombreuses dans le secteur informel. Mais cette position s’explique essentiellement par des différences de capital humain car quand les femmes maliennes sont éduquées, elles ont quasiment les mêmes chances (voire plus) que les hommes de trouver leur place dans l’exigu mais protecteur secteur public.

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  • Assa Doumbia Gakou & Mathias Kuepie, 2008. "Niveau et déterminants de l’insertion des femmes sur le marché du travail au Mali," Working Papers DT/2008/09, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).
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    1. Nkoumou Ngoa, Gaston Brice & Song, Jacques Simon, 2021. "Female participation in African labor markets: The role of information and communication technologies," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(9).
    2. KUEPIE Mathias & DZOSSA Anaclet Désiré & KELODJOUE Samuel, 2013. "Determinants of labor market gender inequalities in Cameroon, Senegal and Mali: the role of human capital and the fertility burden," LISER Working Paper Series 2013-08, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).
    3. KUEPIE Mathias & NOUETAGNI Samuel, 2013. "Socioeconomic background, human capital and youth employment: the case of a medium-sized Cameroonian city (Bafia)," LISER Working Paper Series 2013-09, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).
    4. Ayira Korem, 2019. "Young or adult: who has more chance to find a job in Togo?," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 39(3), pages 1898-1911.
    5. Hassiba Gherbi & Philippe Adair, 2016. "Femmes et emploi informel dans la wilaya de Béjaia (Algérie) : un modèle probit," Post-Print hal-01683931, HAL.

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    Keywords

    Labor market; women employment; Mali; marché du travail; emploi des femmes.;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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