U-shaped female labor participation with economic development: Some panel data evidence

Henry Tam ()

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 110, issue 2, 140-142

Abstract: Using a panel data of about 130 countries from 1950 to 1980, we use dynamic panel data estimation to demonstrate that the U-shaped relationship between feminization of the labor force and real GDP per capita holds up as an intertemporal relationship.

Keywords: Female; labor; participation; rate; Economic; development; Dynamic; panel; data; estimation; Kuznets; fallacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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