The Rise in Women’s Labor-Force Participation in Mexico
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-shaped, 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.
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| Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2023-09-07
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| Subjects: | FEMALE LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION, GENDER EQUALITY, SDG 5, MEXICO, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, EDUCATION, FERTILITY, INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, SDG 9, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099641405032497243/IDU13a4bbec31524014da61b7dd1f5dbd5541675 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41493 |
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