Labor Force Participation, Gender and Work in South Africa: What Can Time Use Data Reveal?
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Keywords
time allocation; gender; labor force participation; South Africa JEL Codes: E24; J22;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2011-03-12 (Africa)
- NEP-HME-2011-03-12 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
- NEP-LAB-2011-03-12 (Labour Economics)
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