Do Institutions Reduce Gender Discrimination? Evidence from Labor Market Participation Rate in Some Selected African Countries
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Keywords
Gender discrimination; Institutions; Labor Market Participation; Quantile regression;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
- J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2014-05-24 (Africa)
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