scholarly journals Women’s Labor Market Participation in Bangladesh: A Logistic Regression Analysis

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Md. Rashedus Salekin Sabbir
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Labor Market Participation ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Labor Participation ◽  
The World ◽  
Condition Of Women

As women around the world struggle for equality, there is a need for measuring their progress. The problem regarding women’s employment is more acute in Bangladesh. The conservative nature of Bangladesh’s society is a significant obstacle in the achievement of their goals in life. The aim of this study is to explore the factors that affect the empowerment of women and determine the factors significantly associated with women’s labor participation in Bangladesh. The study represents the current condition of women participating in the labor market in Bangladesh. A total of 375 structured questionnaires were distributed and 188 usable questionnaires were returned. SPSS version 20.0 was used and the analysis was carried out using binary logistic regression and bivariate analysis. Logistic regression was used to determine the risk factors for women’s labor participation. The findings revealed that women’s labor market participation is influenced by age, education and their partners’ education, as education is also an important factor that changes human behavior significantly. This study has also proven that women with higher levels of education have more employment opportunities.

scholarly journals From Emancipation through Employment to Emancipation through Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of the Special Labor Market Initiatives (BRYT) and Tax Deduction for Domestic Services (RUT) in Sweden

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elin Kvist ◽  
Johanna Overud
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Labor Market Participation ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
State Subsidies ◽  
Tax Deduction ◽  
Work Choices

Debates on gender equality policy in Sweden assume that women’s labor market participation is central to gender equality and should be promoted via special initiatives and programs. This paper examines how gender equality discourses have changed over time, analyzing Swedish state labor market policy in the 1980s and 1990s, special labor market initiatives to eliminate gender segregation and encourage nontraditional gendered work choices, and contemporary state subsidies for paid domestic work (i.e., tax deduction for domestic services). Critically interpreting these reforms reveals consistencies and continuities in how labor market participation is viewed as the key promoter of gender equality, revealing transformations in how gender equality is understood and constructed. A transition is discernible from state-funded programs and reforms to governmental agencies/authorities and state subsidies to promote enterprise and the growth of specific labor market sectors.

scholarly journals The beneficial impact of mother’s work on children’s absolute income mobility, Southern Sweden (1947-2015)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Brea-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Economic Mobility ◽  
Income Mobility ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Labor Market Participation ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Southern Sweden ◽  
Absolute Income

This paper examines the influence of mothers’ employment on children’s economic mobility in a period when women’s labor market participation was still increasing, and it was still was far from common for a mother to be in paid work. It focuses on a period of transition for women’s labor market participation in Sweden, when mothers faced higher barriers to employment.The findings show that intergenerational income associations indicate that the mother’s income did not influence her children directly, in line with the results of most studies on this topic. Nevertheless, I also found that these traditional measures of income mobility failed to capture the important effects of maternal paid labor on children’s income mobility.By using extremely rich longitudinal data from Southern Sweden, I studied the trends in children’s absolute upward mobility (i.e., earning more than their fathers). I found that whether a mother was in paid work, was economically independent, and had an income similar to that of the father – which is a proxy for economic autonomy – during the late childhood and adolescence of her children had substantial effects on her children’s upward economic mobility, and especially on that of her daughters.

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