Economic development and female labour participation in SAARC countries: a test of the U-shape hypothesis

Economic development and female labour participation in SAARC countries: a test of the U-shape hypothesis

This thesis is submitted in a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Applied Economics, 2019.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rahman, Adrita
Other Authors: Khan, Wasiqur Rahman
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Brac University 2019
Subjects:
Female labour force participation
South Asia
U-shaped hypothesis
Women
Employment
Labour market
Economic development > Econometric models
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12302
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spelling 10361-123022019-09-30T06:01:24Z Economic development and female labour participation in SAARC countries: a test of the U-shape hypothesis Rahman, Adrita Khan, Wasiqur Rahman Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Brac University Female labour force participation South Asia U-shaped hypothesis Women Employment Labour market Economic development--Econometric models This thesis is submitted in a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Applied Economics, 2019. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (page 69-71). The paper explores whether there exists U shaped hypothesis among the 8 SAARC countries. It first looks at the SAARC nations by implementing the fixed effects model and then analyses the countries individually to see if the relationship between economic growth and the female labour force participation (FLP) holds. The U-shaped hypothesis states that when an economy is in the rudimentary stage of development, it experiences high rates of FLP; more women are involved in the agricultural sector. As the country undergoes transformation, the FLP falls. Finally, when the nation has embraced modern economy, more women join the labour market. Additionally, this paper also highlights the country specific barriers that prevent women from joining the workforce and gives policy recommendations that each of the South Asian economies can adopt to promote greater FLP. Adrita Rahman M. in Economics 2019-07-03T10:14:35Z 2019-07-03T10:14:35Z 2019 2019-03 Thesis ID 18175008 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12302 en Brac University thesis reports are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. 74 pages application/pdf Brac University
institution Brac University
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language English
topic Female labour force participation
South Asia
U-shaped hypothesis
Women
Employment
Labour market
Economic development--Econometric models
spellingShingle Female labour force participation
South Asia
U-shaped hypothesis
Women
Employment
Labour market
Economic development--Econometric models
Rahman, Adrita
Economic development and female labour participation in SAARC countries: a test of the U-shape hypothesis
description This thesis is submitted in a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Applied Economics, 2019.
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title Economic development and female labour participation in SAARC countries: a test of the U-shape hypothesis
title_short Economic development and female labour participation in SAARC countries: a test of the U-shape hypothesis
title_full Economic development and female labour participation in SAARC countries: a test of the U-shape hypothesis
title_fullStr Economic development and female labour participation in SAARC countries: a test of the U-shape hypothesis
title_full_unstemmed Economic development and female labour participation in SAARC countries: a test of the U-shape hypothesis
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