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The study investigates the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in modulating the effect of financial access on female economic participation. Female economic participation is proxied by female labor force participation, financial access is measured with deposit and credit...
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gender inclusive formal economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised …This study provides thresholds of inequality that should not be exceeded if gender inclusive education is to enhance …, inclusive tertiary education unconditionally promotes gender economic inclusion while the interaction between tertiary education …
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both moderate financial access for an overall positive net effect on female employment. In order to provide more gender …
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This study assesses how financial access can be used to modulate the effect of income inequality on gender economic … inclusion. The focus is on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the period 2004-2014 and the empirical evidence is based …
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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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This study complements existing literature by investigating how the advancement in information and communication technology affects the formal economic participation of women. The focus is on 48 African countries for the period 1990-2014. The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least...
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countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and we examine how this has evolved over recent years, based on the data collected by … relevant for young women. A pooled regression analysis shows that educational levels have increased substantially and gender … gaps have narrowed in most countries. Access to better jobs has improved much more slowly with unchanging gender gaps in …
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display gender bias after crises in Africa, the results are consistent with factors explaining differences in gender biases … Health Surveys with data on rainfall variability and find a substantial gender difference favouring boys following droughts … gender gap following droughts, especially for infants with mothers who are not working. In contrast, there is no gender …
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The study investigates the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in modulating the effect of financial access on female economic participation. Female economic participation is proxied by female labor force participation, financial access is measured with deposit and credit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012896434