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The rise in women’s labor force participation in Mexico : supply vs demand factors
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Bhalotra, Sonia and Fernandez, Manuel (2023) The rise in women’s labor force participation in Mexico : supply vs demand factors. The World Bank Economic Review . lhad025. doi:10.1093/wber/lhad025 ISSN 0258-6770. (In Press)
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Abstract
This study estimates the relative importance of alternative supply and demand mechanisms in explaining the rise of female labor force participation (FLFP) over the last 55 years in Mexico. The growth of FLFP in Mexico between 1960 and 2015 followed an S-shape, with a considerable acceleration during the 1990s. Using descriptive decomposition methods and a shift-share design, the study shows that, put together, supply and demand factors can account for most
of the rise of FLFP over the entire period, led by increases in women’s education, declining fertility, and shifts in the occupational structure of the workforce. However, there is unexplained variation in the 1990s, when FLFP spiked.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Women -- Employment -- Mexico, Labor demand -- Mexico, Women employees -- Supply and demand -- Mexico, Labor supply -- Mexico, Labor supply -- Effect of technological innovations on | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The World Bank Economic Review | ||||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0258-6770 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2023 | ||||||||
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Article Number: | lhad025 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/wber/lhad025 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in The World Bank Economic Review following peer review. The version of record Sonia Bhalotra, Manuel Fernández, The Rise in Women’s Labor-Force Participation in Mexico—Supply vs. Demand Factors, The World Bank Economic Review, 2023;, lhad025, is available online at:https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhad025 | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/ THE WORLD BANK. All rights reserved. | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 August 2023 | ||||||||
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