Globalization and the proportion of women in vulnerable employment in sub‐Saharan Africa: The role of economic, social, and political conditions

Nkechinyere R. Uwajumogu, Ebele S. Nwokoye, Richard O. Ojike, Kingsley I. Okere, Joy N. Ugwu and Anuli R. Ogbuagu

African Development Review, 2022, vol. 34, issue 3, 356-369

Abstract: Investigating the impacts of globalization on vulnerable employment with a focus on sub‐Saharan African (SSA) women's job experience is in line with efforts towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 8. We examined the impacts of social, economic, and political globalization, as well as de facto and de jure conditions, in explaining the proportion of women working in vulnerable jobs in SSA. Using the instrumental variable generalized method of moment approach with panel data from 37 SSA countries for the period 2000–2016, we found de facto/de jure globalization conditions to have positive/negative impacts on the proportion of women in vulnerable employment in SSA. Furthermore, estimates from disaggregated globalization indices indicate that both economic de facto and social de facto globalization conditions had negative impacts whereas political globalization had positive impacts on our subject matter. Developing inclusive socioeconomic policies that promote women's welfare in SSA would therefore necessitate political reforms as well as policies that support improvements in women's economic and social conditions.

Date: 2022
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