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Women’s Labour Force Participation and Earnings Determinants in a Developing Country

In: Human Resources, Employment and Development

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  • Jere R. Behrman

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Barbara L. Wolfe

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Abstract

Recent economic development literature has stressed increasingly the critical roles of human-capital investments in the pursuit of growth and distributional goals. Concurrently there has been a deluge of hypotheses about the importance of women in the development process. Special conditions in labour markets in developing countries have also received considerable emphasis. These include regional and sectoral pluralism, the relevance of human-capital investments in health and nutrition, and distinctive determinants of opportunity costs for female labour force participation because of factors like childcare by extended family members or older children.1

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  • Jere R. Behrman & Barbara L. Wolfe, 1983. "Women’s Labour Force Participation and Earnings Determinants in a Developing Country," International Economic Association Series, in: Victor L. Urquidi & Saúl Trejo Reyes (ed.), Human Resources, Employment and Development, chapter 15, pages 266-276, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-17214-6_15
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-17214-6_15
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