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The Impact of Export and Foreign Direct Investment on Employment of Women in Europan Union Countries: Panel Data Analysis
Abstract
In many countries, one of the basic reasons increasing women unemployment rate is gender
discrimination occuring in terms of participation of women in the workforce. This problem
reveals the economic and social costs in terms of the countries’ economies in the long term. In
this regard, export and foreign direct investment (FDI) can be an important solution tool in
increasing women employment. This study investigates the export in the EU countries and the
effect of FDI on women employment. Accordingly, the analysis has been carried out by being
used of the data of the 1987-2014 period and the techiniques of dynamic panel data analysis for
11 countries which are the members of the EU. According to the results obtained, the variables
of export and FDI have positively affected women employment in the long term in the EU
countries. Furthermore, a unit increase in the export level increases women employment 0,01
while a unit increase in FDI increases women employment 0,004 in these countries. According
to these results, it can be seen that export is more effective than FDI in the EU countries in
terms of the participation of women in the workforce or of increasing women employment.
Therefore, export should be encouraged by developing policies that improve the
competitiveness of exporters in international markets in order to increase the employment of
women in the EU countries.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
Türkçe
Konular
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Bölüm
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
1 Aralık 2016
Gönderilme Tarihi
1 Aralık 2016
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2016 Cilt: 1 Sayı: 2