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Why are women less democratic than men? : evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries
García-Peñalosa, Cecilia; Konte, Maty - 2013
gender gap in democratic attitudes, there have been no attempts to explain it. In this paper we try to understand why females … controlling for individual characteristics does not offset the gender gap, but our results indicate that the gap is eroded by high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222986
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Enhancing ICT for female economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817936
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Gender Inclusive Intermediary Education, Financial Stability and Female Employment in the Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nounamo, Yann; Njangang, Henri; … - 2021
The study examines how financial stability modulates the effect of inclusive intermediary education on female employment in the industry for the period 2008-2018 in Sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit, Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Quantile regressions. There are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013238432
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Information technology and gender economic inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Amoah, Joseph Amankwah; Nting, Rexon T.; … - 2020
This study investigates how ICT affects gender economic inclusion via gender parity education channels. We examine the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404413
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Inequality and the economic participation of women in Sub-Saharan Africa : an empirical investigation
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
indicators of gender inclusion are also employed, namely: female employment and female unemployment rates. The empirical analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012010175
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Inequality and gender inclusion : minimum ICT policy thresholds for promoting female employment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
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 … favourable effects on gender economic inclusion dynamics. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111583
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Gender inclusive intermediary education, financial stability and female employment in the industry in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nounamo, Yann; Ndieupa, Henri Njangang; … - 2021
The study examines how financial stability modulates the effect of inclusive intermediary education on female employment in the industry for the period 2008-2018 in Sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit, Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Quantile regressions. There are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431620
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Microfinance institutions and female entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa : avoidable female unemployment thresholds
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023
The present study contributes to the extant literature by assessing how microfinance institutions (MFIs) affect female entrepreneurship, contingent on female unemployment levels. The study focuses on 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the period 2004 to 2018. The empirical evidence is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014265916
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Not all that glitters is gold : financial access, microfinance and female unemployment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Zogo, Therese E.; Mete, Mariette C. N.; … - 2024
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015064251
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Gender-based violence and gender bias in schooling decision : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Koissy-Kpein, Sandrine A. - 2015
This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379718