Determinants of Turkish female labour force participation: an analysis with manufacturing firm-level data
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Date
2020
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Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Abstract
Compared to other developing countries, Turkey has a very low female labour participation rate. Previous studies usually focus on the labour supply side of female employment. Unlike the previous literature, this paper investigates firm-level determinants of female employment in manufacturing firms using a unique micro data set constructed using different sources. After controlling for geographical variation, firm, and industry-specific factors, our results show that larger firms, exporter firms, firms with higher part-time worker ratio, and foreign-owned firms have higher female employment rate whereas younger firms, firms with higher labour productivity, and firms with long working hours have lower female employment rate.
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Female Labour Force Participation, Labour & Xfeff;Supply, & Xfeff;Firm & Xfeff;Data, Turkey, Employment
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Applied Economics Letters
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Q3
Scopus Q Value
Q2
Volume
27
Issue
19
