Determinants Of Women’s Labor Force Participation: The Case Of Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gebremedhin, Aregawi (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abebe, Dereje | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-11T09:06:19Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T13:50:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-04-11T09:06:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T13:50:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/31248 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Women‘s labor force participation | en_US |
| dc.subject | economic development | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.title | Determinants Of Women’s Labor Force Participation: The Case Of Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |