Economic cycle and deceleration of female labor force participation in Latin America

Joaquín Serrano, Leonardo Gasparini, Mariana Marchionni and Pablo Glüzmann

Journal for Labour Market Research, 2019, vol. 53

Abstract: "We study the behavior of female labor force participation (LFP) over the business cycle by estimating fixed effects models at the country and population-group level, using data from harmonized national household surveys of 18 Latin American countries in the period 1987 - 2014. We find that female LFP follows a countercyclical pattern - especially in the case of married, with children and vulnerable women - which suggests the existence of an inverse added-worker effect. We argue that this factor may have contributed to the deceleration in female labor supply in Latin America that took place in the 2000s, a decade of unusual high economic growth." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))

Keywords: Argentinien; Bolivien; Brasilien; Chile; Costa Rica; Dominikanische Republik; Ekuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Kolumbien; Lateinamerika; Mexiko; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Uruguay; Venezuela; Ehefrauen; Erwerbsbeteiligung; Frauen; Frauenerwerbstätigkeit; internationaler Vergleich; Konjunkturabhängigkeit; Konjunkturaufschwung; Mütter; Rezession; 1987-2014 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J22 N30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-10-16
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