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

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No 26/042, Working Papers from European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Africa; Inequality; Gender; Inclusive Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G20 I10 I32 O40 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 74 pages
Date: 2026-01
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