Democracy and Female Labor Force Participation: An Empirical Examination

Autor/inn/en	Bayanpourtehrani, Ghazal; Sylwester, Kevin
Titel	Democracy and Female Labor Force Participation: An Empirical Examination
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 112 (2013) 3, S.749-762 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-012-0080-2
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Labor Force Nonparticipants; Females; Gender Differences; Employed Women; Social Indicators; Sociometric Techniques; Sociocultural Patterns; Socioeconomic Influences; Statistical Analysis; Cross Cultural Studies; Social Change; Political Influences; Traditionalism; Social Systems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Soziometrie; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Statistische Analyse; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Sozialer Wandel; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Traditionalismus; Social system; Soziales System
Abstract	This paper empirically examines associations between female labor force participation (FLFP) and democracy. Using a cross-country, time series (1980-2005) data set, we find evidence that FLFP is lower in democracies. One possible explanation is that dictators promote FLFP above what traditional norms would dictate and so a greater freedom to follow custom lowers FLFP. However, we also find that the ratio of FLFP to male labor force participation (MLFP) is similar under both types of regimes and that MLFP is also lower in democracies. This outcome casts doubt on the aforementioned explanation. Instead, one possibility is that both men and women voluntarily withdraw from the labor force with greater freedoms. (As Provided).
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