Unemployment, Labour Force Participation, and Urbanization in the Caribbean

Female Labour Force Participation and Unemployment in Northern Ireland: Religion and Family Effects

Econometric models of the incidence of economic activity and employment by religion for females in Northern Ireland are presented. Particular attention is paid to family effects. Censored bivariate probit models are estimated for single women and significant religion effects are found. In the case of married women, possible endogeneity and logical coherency problems are overcome by modelling th...

Does Latin American & Caribbean unemployment depend on Asian labour standards?

Paper for the Inter-American Development Bank Seminar: "Mercado de trabajo: entre la solidaridad y la lealtad".

female labour force participation: persistence and evolution

This article explores the relevance of deep historical forces that have influenced the historical gender division of labour and the perception of women’s roles in society more generally. In particular, we will review how different types of subsistence activity in the ancient past – such as hunting and gathering and various types of agricultural technology – and geography and language can affect...

Political Conditions and Female Labour Force Participation

This paper examines the impact of political conditions on female labour force participation in case of Pakistan. The study covers the period of 1980-2010. We found the existence of cointegration between the variables. Democracy and government spending lowers labour female labour participation. Development spending increases female labour participation. This study opens up new insights for polic...

The determinants of labour force participation and employment in Chile