European women: Why do(n't) they work?

Veronique Genre, Ramón Gómez-Salvador and Ana Lamo

No 454, Working Paper Series from European Central Bank

Abstract: This paper provides an empirical study of the determinants of female participation decisions in the European Union. The analysis is performed by estimating participation equations for different age groups (i.e. young, prime-age and older females), using annual data for a panel of 12 EU-15 countries over the period 1980-2000. Our findings show that the strictness of labour market institutions negatively affects the participation rate. Decisions linked to individual preferences with regards to education or fertility are also found relevant to participation of the youngest and prime-age females respectively. The inclusion of a proxy to capture cohort effects is crucial in order to explain the oldest females’ participation. JEL Classification: J21

Keywords: labour force participation; Labour Market Institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-03
Note: 375755
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