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Economic Development and Female Labor Force Participation: A Reconsideration
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Despite theoretical arguments relating economic and industrial structures to female labor force participation, cross-national studies have failed to empirically confirm such a relationship. This paper reconsiders the cross-national determinants of female labor force participation by examining: (1) the curvilinear and interactive effects of economic development, as properly specified from existing theories, and (2) a more complete set of explanatory variables than has been used in previous studies. Models are estimated using data for 70 nations for two time points—1965 and 1970. The results show curvilinear effects of energy use on female labor force participation: development initially forces women out of the labor force, but at advanced levels increases female participation. Other variables found to be important determinants of female labor force participation include family size, female education, the adult sex ratio, economic dependency, and labor force growth. Further, several of these variables are found to have different effects by level of development. Thus, the results affirm the curvilinear effects of economic development as a determinant of female labor force participation and suggest that they be considered with family, social, and demographic explanations of the status of women.
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- Authors
- Pampel, F. C., & Tanaka, K.
- Venue
- Social Forces
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1986-03-01
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 599-599
- ISSN
- 0037-7732 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2157323610
- Cited by
- 212
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 8.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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