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Culture, Gender, And Labor Force Participation, Roger Clark, Thomas Ramsbey, Emily Adler Apr 2012

Culture, Gender, And Labor Force Participation, Roger Clark, Thomas Ramsbey, Emily Adler

Emily S. Adler

This report assesses the impact of culture on women's share of the labor force. Measuring both economic factors and cultural milieu, we found that culture was related not only to levels of women's share of the labor force but, in some instances, to changes in those levels. A secondary finding of the study was that the economic development of a nation had a strong positive association with increases in women's share of the labor force and that one measure of dependency (commodity concentration) had a strong negative association with such change.


Culture, Gender, And Labor Force Participation, Roger Clark, Thomas Ramsbey, Emily Adler Mar 2012

Culture, Gender, And Labor Force Participation, Roger Clark, Thomas Ramsbey, Emily Adler

Roger D. Clark

This report assesses the impact of culture on women's share of the labor force. Measuring both economic factors and cultural milieu, we found that culture was related not only to levels of women's share of the labor force but, in some instances, to changes in those levels. A secondary finding of the study was that the economic development of a nation had a strong positive association with increases in women's share of the labor force and that one measure of dependency (commodity concentration) had a strong negative association with such change.