Does Education Impact Female Employment?
(2015) NEKN05 20151Department of Economics
- Abstract
- This paper examines the impact of years of schooling on female employment decisions and on the intensity of employment by using the variation across countries and over birth cohorts in compulsory schooling reforms. The sample includes women aged 25 to 64 from five eurozone countries and the data covers the year of 2010. The findings suggest that years of schooling do not have a significant effect on the probability of female employment. Additionally, schooling is found to have a negative impact on the employment intensity. Some potential reasons behind these results are attitudes towards working women, household responsibilities, policies et cetera. The paper contributes to the literature about female employment and gender inequalities in... (More)
- This paper examines the impact of years of schooling on female employment decisions and on the intensity of employment by using the variation across countries and over birth cohorts in compulsory schooling reforms. The sample includes women aged 25 to 64 from five eurozone countries and the data covers the year of 2010. The findings suggest that years of schooling do not have a significant effect on the probability of female employment. Additionally, schooling is found to have a negative impact on the employment intensity. Some potential reasons behind these results are attitudes towards working women, household responsibilities, policies et cetera. The paper contributes to the literature about female employment and gender inequalities in the labor market. (Less)
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- author
- Karlsson, Matilda LU and Larsson, Anna LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKN05 20151
- year
- 2015
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Employment, Education, Gender inequality, 2SLS, IV
- language
- English
- id
- 7362768
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- 2015-06-30 10:04:57
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- 2015-06-30 10:04:57
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