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This study investigates how enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) affects female economic participation in sub-Saharan African nations. Three female economic participation indicators are used, namely female labor force participation, female unemployment and female employment...
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This study investigates how ICT affects gender economic inclusion via gender parity education channels. We examine the … issue using data from 49 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2004-2018 divided into: (i) 42 countries for the …
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This study investigates the effect of inequality on female employment in 42 countries in sub- Saharan Africa for the … indicators of gender inclusion are also employed, namely: female employment and female unemployment rates. The empirical analysis …
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countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the period 2004-2014. Three inequality indicators are used, namely: the Gini coefficient … fixed broadband subscriptions. Three gender economic inclusion indicators are also used for the analysis, namely: female … in order to enhance gender economic participation. First, for female labour force participation, a minimum threshold of …
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employment opportunities for the female gender and by extension, reducing female unemployment. The invalidity of the moderating …
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-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the period 2004-2018, while the empirical evidence is based on interactive quantile regressions. The …
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entrepreneurship, contingent on female unemployment levels. The study focuses on 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the …
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gender economic inclusion in 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the period 2004 to 2018. The adopted empirical … female ownership of bank accounts while gender inclusion is in terms of reducing female unemployment. MFIs per 1000 km2 must …
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The study has contributed to the extant literature on the relevance of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) by assessing how financial development dynamics can moderate the incidence of African trade integration on female labour force participation. The focus is on 47 African...
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This study examines the effect of political implications of women on industrialisation in Africa. The results after … controlling for cross-sectional dependency show that women political implication Granger causes industrialisation in Africa … industrialisation in Africa. These negative effects are nullified by high economic freedom and high female economic participation in the …
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