Browsing by Author "Abebe, Dereje"

Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Determinants Of Women’s Labor Force Participation: The Case Of Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021-02) Abebe, Dereje; Gebremedhin, Aregawi (PhD)
    Women constitute almost half of the Ethiopian population and without hesitation they play an important role in economic growth and development. However, women‘s labor force participation is low when compared to their counterpart males in Ethiopia. As a result of this women‘s economic status is lower compared to male and this implies lower output and lower economic performance in Ethiopia. In Ethiopia there is a labor force participation gap and it needs to be investigated seriously. Many studies had been done with this regard but there are limitations in scope and coverage and in addition to this there are contradicting findings concerning the factors/challenges that affect women‘s labor force participation. Thus, the purpose of this research is to find out factors/challenges that determine women‘s labor market in Ethiopia. In order to identify factors/ challenges that determine women‘s labor force participation in Ethiopia the Ethiopian Demographic Health survey (EDHS) was employed. The 2011 and 2016 cross sectional data set were employed and these two data sets were pooled so as to increase sample size and observation. This pooled data set is assumed to help identify factors/challenges that determine women‘s labor force participation in Ethiopia. For the analysis of this research paper descriptive and econometric analysis were employed. Specifically logit/logistic regression model was employed to analysis the econometrics part. The results of the descriptive statistics indicate that 71.7 percent of women are not participating in labor market and only 28.3 percent of women participate in the labor market. The results of the logit/logistic model revealed that education level of women, economic status, number of household members, husband‘s education, women‘s age, and sex of household head affects women‘s labor force participation positively and significantly while number of children age five year and under, pregnancy and place of residence rural negatively and significantly affects women‘s labor force participation. The results obtained from this study have their own implications on women‘s labor force participation in Ethiopia. As a result the findings of this research could invite further investigation on factors/challenges that determine women‘s labor force participation and might help policymakers to reconsider the issue of women‘s labor force participation and its role to economic growth and development in Ethiopia
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Result-Oriented Appraisal of Principals' Performance in Primary Schools of Guji Zone
    (Addis Ababa University, 2007-07) Abebe, Dereje; Yimam, Wossenu (PhD)
    This study was conducted to examine the practices of the current Result-Oriented Appraisal of Principals ' Pelformance in Guji Zone and determining its effectiveness. To this end answers to basic questions pertaining to the purpose, process and criteria of ROAPP, competence of appraiser, and major problems of implementing ROAPP were sought. The study encompassed 7 woredas of the zone selected based on purposive sampling technique. Information was solicited from the sample respondents; 113 appraisees and 24 appraisers through questionnaire which were field-tested before distribution in woredas not included in the sample. Interviews were also held with 7 WECBO officials and 1 ZECBO expert. Statistical tools such as chi-square, spearman- rank order correlation, mean and percentage were used for analyzing the data. The finding of the study showed that though, both appraisees and appraisers seems to have awareness about the intended purposes of ROAPP, the extent of achievement of these purposes: formative and summative purposes were found to be inadequate; the former being more dissatisfactolJl than the latter. The administration of the process of ROAPP was also a mixture of poor and fair. The appraisal criteria were found to be defective, and hence inappropriate to measure the pelformance of principals fairly and objectively. It was also found out that the designated appraisers lack competence to appraise effectively, mainly because of their number being small compared to principals, and their workplace being far from schools. Nevertheless, most of the appraisees preferred to be appraised by them if problems for the incompetence are to be improved or solved. In general, the system was perceived to be ineffective in attaining the overall objective which it was intended to serve. It would be, therefore, recommended that necessary revisions and adjustments in which the process of ROAPP is administered as required by the system ought to be made. Of these solving problems related to appraisers, improving technical and conceptual capacity of participants are the major ones.