Female Labor Force Participation in Five Selected MENA Countries: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia)
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- Lassassi, Moundir & Tansel, Aysit, 2020. "Female Labor Force Participation in Five Selected Mena Countries: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia)," MPRA Paper 103774, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Lassassi, Moundir & Tansel, Aysit, 2020. "Female Labor Force Participation in Five Selected Mena Countries: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia)," IZA Discussion Papers 13814, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Moundir Lassasi & Aysit Tansel, 2020. "FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN FIVE SELECTED MENA COUNTRIES: AN AGE- PERIOD-COHORT ANALYSIS (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia)," ERC Working Papers 2002, ERC - Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University, revised Oct 2020.
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Keywords
Female labor force participation; synthetic panel analysis; life-cycle profiles; period effects; cohort effects; MENA countries;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
- D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ARA-2020-11-09 (MENA - Middle East and North Africa)
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