La liberté de religion explique-t-elle la participation des femmes au marché du travail en Afrique ?

Célestin Balla Mekongo, Henri Atangana Ondoa and Jacques Simon Song

Revue d’économie du développement, 2023, vol. 33, issue 1, 55-110

Abstract: The diversity of religious obedience?s and the question of respect for individual freedoms make Africa a privileged terrain for analyzing the effect of freedom of religion on female labour force participation (FLFP). Based on a sample of 48 African countries, we specify and estimate a panel data linear regression model using the Instrumental Variables Two-Stage Least Square (IV-2SLS) over the period 1990-2019. The results show that freedom of religion significantly improves female labor force participation in Africa. This effect is reinforced by natural resource rents, the internet and political stability. Codes JEL : C36, J21, Z12.

Keywords: Africa; FLFP; freedom of religion; democracy; IV-2SLS. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C36 J21 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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