THE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION OF MARRIED WOMEN

1977 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT McNABB
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Married Women

A Family of Hypothesis Tests for a Collection of Short Event Series with an Application to Female Employment Participation

1982 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 603-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
R B Davies ◽  
R Crouchley ◽  
A R Pickles
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Female Employment ◽  
Test Procedures ◽  
Event Series ◽  
Employment Participation ◽  
Short Event

Data comprising a collection of short event series are increasingly encountered in social science research. Such series may be expected to be heterogeneous and nonstationary precluding conventional inferential methods. Tests are presented for homogeneity, nonstationarity, and zero order, with appropriate controls. The test procedures are based upon the subdivision of each series into a ‘conditioning sequence’ and an ‘experimental observation’. The tests are applied to data on labour force participation by married women.

scholarly journals Applicability of Becker’s theory of allocation of time in modelling married women’s allocation of time between household duties and labour force participation in Zimbabwe

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clapton Munongerwa
Keyword(s):  
Time Allocation ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Household Roles ◽  
Income Effects ◽  
Allocation Of Time ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The One

With the rise in women participation in labour force and gender equality campaigns on the one hand and cultural norms which characterise women as house makers on the other, most married women often find themselves in a dilemma as to how to allocate their time among competing needs. This paper used a theoretical approach in reviewing the applicability of the proposals of Becker’s allocation of time theory to the married women’s allocation of time between household duties and labour force participation to the Zimbabwean situation.  It was concluded that though the model ignores the cultural norms of assigning household roles to specific gender, it explained to a greater extent the trends observed in which women spend more time in household chores to which they have a comparative advantage as opposed to their male counterparts. The substitution and income effects explained in this model are also applicable to the preferences and patterns of time allocation by married when faced with a change in wages. 

scholarly journals Fertility, labour force participation and poverty among married women in Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary O Obiyan ◽  
Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe ◽  
Olufemi M Adetutu ◽  
Funmilola F Oyinlola
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Married Women

Ireland: A Private Patriarchy?

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 1277-1296 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Mahon
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Married Women ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
Taxation Policy ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Family Based ◽  
The 1960S

Ireland has recently been characterised as a country dominated by private patriarchy. One indicator of private patriarchy is the incidence of women engaged in full-time ‘home duties’ rather than in paid employment. The participation of women in the Irish labour force has been comparatively very low because the majority of married women in Ireland are full-time housewives. Persistently high fertility rates—in 1987 the highest in Europe—and a state ideology which enshrined women's position in the home explained this phenomenon in the past. One might have expected industrialisation to have promoted greater change, yet its influence was minimal. Early industrialisation did not create a demand for female labour. In the 1960s export-oriented industrialisation generated a demand for female labour but this was obstructed by patriarchal state policy. In the 1970s, EU membership removed many legislative restrictions on the labour-force participation of married women. However, a patriarchal family based taxation policy and the absence of state supported child care still perpetuate private patriarchy in Ireland.

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