Convergence of gender unemployment gaps in Africa: New evidence from Fourier ADF and KPSS unit root tests with break
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Unemployment rate; gender disparity; Africa; unit roots; mean reversion;All these keywords.
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- C10 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - General
- C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
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