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dc.contributor.authorIheonu, Chimere Okechukwu
dc.contributor.authorNwodo, Ozoemena Stanley
dc.contributor.authorAnaduaka, Uchechi
dc.contributor.authorEkpo, Ugochinyere
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-03T12:19:49Z
dc.date.available2021-05-03T12:19:49Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-18
dc.identifier.citationIheonu, C. O., Nwodo, O., Anaduaka, U., & Ekpo, U. (2020). Inequality and female labour force participation in West Africa. European Journal of Government and Economics, 9(3), 252-264. https://doi.org/10.17979/ejge.2020.9.3.6717es_ES
dc.identifier.issn2254-7088
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2183/27879
dc.description.abstract[Abstract] This study examined the impact of income inequality on female labour force participation in West Africa for the period 2004 to 2016. The study employed the Gini coefficient, the Atkinson index and the Palma ratio as measures of income inequality. For robustness, the study also utilises female employment and female unemployment as measures of female labour force participation. The study employed the instrumental variable fixed effects model with Driscoll and Kraay standard errors to account for simultaneity/reverse causality, serial correlation, groupwise heteroskedasticity and cross-sectional dependence. The empirical results reveal that the three measures of income inequality significantly reduce the participation of women in the labour force in West Africa. The study also revealed that domestic credit, remittances and female education are positively associated with female labour force participation in the sub-region. Further findings reveal that economic development reduces the participation of women in the labour force in West Africa with the U-shaped feminisation theory not valid for the West African region. The study, however, revealed an inverted U-shaped relationship between inequality and female unemployment. Policy recommendations based on these findings are discussed.es_ES
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherUniversidade da Coruñaes_ES
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.17979/ejge.2020.9.3.6717es_ES
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC 4.0)es_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
dc.subjectFemale laboures_ES
dc.subjectFixed effectses_ES
dc.subjectInequalityes_ES
dc.subjectInstrumental variableses_ES
dc.subjectWest Africaes_ES
dc.titleInequality and Female Labour Force Participation in West Africaes_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees_ES
dc.rights.accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses_ES
dc.date.updated2021-05-03T12:12:43Z
UDC.journalTitleEuropean Journal of Government and Economicses_ES
UDC.volume9es_ES
UDC.issue3es_ES
UDC.startPage252es_ES
UDC.endPage264es_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.17979/ejge.2020.9.3.6717


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