Impact Of Structural Change And Human Capital Investment On Female Labor Force Participation Rates: A Cross-Country Analysis of the Middle East and North African Region

Year 2012, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 1 - 17, 01.04.2012

Fehiman Eminer Ahmet Özyiğit

Abstract

Orta Doğu ve Kuzey Afrika (MENA) bölgesi dünyanın en düşük kadın işgücüne sahip bölge olarak öne çıkmaktadır. Çalışma karşılaştırmalı ülke analizi yaparak bu duruma neden olan faktörleri ortaya çıkarmakta ve bölgesel özelliklerle ilgili açıklamaklar içermektedir. Çalışma, eğitimin kadın işgücüne katılımını artırdığı yönünde bir nedensellik ilişkisi bulamadığı gibi artan kadın işgücüne katılım oranı ile ekonomik büyüme arasında da bölge için bir nedensellik ilişkisine rastlamadı. Ancak çalışma artan kadın işgücüne katılım oranı ile hizmetler sektörünün gelişmesi arasında pozitif güçlü bir ilişki olduğunu ortaya koydu. Mevcut literatürle de uyum gösteren bu bulguyu çalışma, bölgede kadın iş gücüne katılım oranının eğitim gibi nedenlerden artmadığı ancak dünyanın her yerinde kadına daha uygun çalışma imkanı sunan hizmetler sektöründeki ihtiyaç ile açıklamaktadır

Keywords

Kadın İşgücüne Katılım Oranı, MENA, Beşeri Sermaye, Hizmet

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