Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Umana-Aponte, Marcela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional … fertility. These findings suggest that insurance motives underpin the dynamics of women's work participation. Examination of … non-employment. In Africa, there is a decline in paid employment which overwhelms the rise in self-employment and this is …