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Panel Data Analysis of the Effects of Female Labor Force Participation on Profit Rates

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  • Adem Yavuz Elveren

    (Ýzmir University of Economics, Ýzmir, Turkey & Fitchburg State University, MA, USA 01420.)

  • Cameron Davis

    (Fitchburg State University, MA, USA 01420.)

  • Josh Budd

    (University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA, USA 01003.)

Abstract

It is expected that increasing female labor force participation (FLFP) rate, due to the gender wage gap, reduces the unit labor costs, and therefore increases profit rates. Using a dataset of 130 countries for 1990-2019, this paper shows that while FLFP increases profit share in highincome countries, it reduces in middle-income countries. However, for both middle- and highincome countries, FLFP cannot prevent the overall tendency in profit rates to decline caused by a consistent decline in output-capital ratio.

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  • Adem Yavuz Elveren & Cameron Davis & Josh Budd, 2022. "Panel Data Analysis of the Effects of Female Labor Force Participation on Profit Rates," International Econometric Review (IER), Econometric Research Association, vol. 14(3), pages 97-106, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:erh:journl:v:14:y:2022:i:3:p:97-106
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    Keywords

    Female labor force participation; profit rate; profit share; output-capital ratio;
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    JEL classification:

    • B54 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Feminist Economics
    • C01 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Econometrics
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity

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