Labor Participation of Married Women in Colombia

Luis Arango Thomas and Carlos Posada

No 3103, Borradores de Economia from Banco de la Republica

Abstract: A pseudo-panel was built to estimate the determinants of the labor participation decision of married women between 1984 and 2000. Past participation decisions, education level, labor income taxes, children between 1 and 2 years of age, and the presence of other people unemployed at home are the main explanatory variables of married women’s labor participation in Colombia. The interest rate variable does not offer any insight into that decision

Keywords: married women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23
Date: 2005-11-30
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Journal Article: Labor Participation of Married Women in Colombia (2007)
Working Paper: Labor Participation of Married Women in Colombia (2005)
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