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Female Unemployment, Gender Inclusive Education and Female Self-Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Simplice A. Asongu

    (Yaoundé, Cameroon)

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The study assesses how gender inclusive education modulates the incidence of female unemployment on female self-employment in 44 Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. The empirical evidence is based on interactive quantile regressions which articulate countries with low, intermediate and high initial levels of female self-employment. The hypothesis that inclusive education modulates female unemployment to promote female self-employment is not validated. The invalidity is consistent throughout the conditional distribution of female self-employment. Policy implications are discussed.

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  • Simplice A. Asongu, 2026. "Female Unemployment, Gender Inclusive Education and Female Self-Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa," Working Papers 26/042, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS).
    • Handle: RePEc:exs:wpaper:26/042
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    JEL classification:

    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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