The African Continental Free Trade Area and Financial Development for Women Economic Participation in Africa

Vanessa Tchamyou (), Juste Some () and Simplice Asongu
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Vanessa Tchamyou: Yaoundé, Cameroon
Juste Some: Koudougou, Burkina Faso

No 22/006, Journal of Africa SEER Centre(ASC) from Africa SEER Centre(ASC)

Abstract: The study has contributed to the extant literature on the relevance of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) by assessing how financial development dynamics can moderate the incidence of African trade integration on female labour force participation. The focus is on 47 African countries for the period 1995 to 2019 and the empirical evidence is based on Fixed Effects regressions. The findings show that financial development moderates African trade integration to engender an overall positive effect on female labour force participation. Moreover, financial depth proxied by liquid liabilities should reach a threshold of approximately 15.47 (% of GDP) in order to completely dampen an initial negative incidence of intra-African trade integration on female labor force participation. It follows that financial development becomes a necessary and sufficient condition to moderate intra-African trade integration in order to positively affect female labor force participation only when the established threshold of financial depth is attained. Other policy implications are discussed.

Keywords: Trade; Financial development; Inclusion; Gender; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G20 I10 I32 O40 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2022-01
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Working Paper: The African Continental Free Trade Area and Financial Development for Women Economic Participation in Africa (2022)
Working Paper: The African Continental Free Trade Area and Financial Development for Women Economic Participation in Africa (2022)
Working Paper: The African Continental Free Trade Area and Financial Development for Women Economic Participation in Africa (2022)
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