Explaining the MENA Paradox: Rising Educational Attainment, Yet Stagnant Female Labor Force Participation
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Keywords
public employment; labor market; female labor force participation; sectoral choice; human capital; MENA;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- 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
- J82 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Labor Force Composition
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ARA-2018-04-23 (MENA - Middle East and North Africa)
- NEP-LAB-2018-04-23 (Labour Economics)
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