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| The egg or the chicken: A new way to look at female labor force participation |
| 2012.06.20 19:24:46 | |
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Submitted by Nadereh Chamlou I recently heard a comment that greater female labor force participation will hike up the already high unemployment rate in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The figure from Scarpetta and Pierre‘s 2003 presentation (see chart below), which I have updated, plots female participation rates against unemployment rates across OECD and MENA countries. It indicates that some countries with low female participation are also those with high unemployment rates. Read More Tags:
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