India’s Missing Working Women: How COVID-19 Pushed Women out of Formal Labour Markets

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitali Nikore ◽  
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Manvika Gupta ◽  
Poorva Prabhu ◽  
Vidhi Narang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Workforce Participation ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Digital Divides

Abstract India’s women were disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 induced lockdowns and economic disruptions. Recent high frequency data demonstrates that that women suffered massive job and income losses. In December 2020, nine months into the lockdown, there were still 11.5 million fewer persons in the labour force vs. December 2019, 4 million men and 7.5 million women. The overall size of the labour force shrunk by 2.6% between December 2019 to December 2020, yet the size of the female labour force shrunk by 14%, vs. 1% for men. Women faced stricter mobility restrictions, limiting their access to workplaces. Across income strata, women’s unpaid domestic responsibilities increased, with some estimates showing a 30% increase in carework, leaving them little time for seeking renumerated employment. Gender digital divides worsened, leaving women without access to digital business and online education, increasingly important in a post-COVID-19 economy. Most importantly, women faced the scourge of the shadow pandemic of domestic violence, rendering them insecure and unable to work. Despite being one of the world’s fastest growing emerging economies, only a quarter of Indian women were in the labour force even pre- COVID-19. Analysis of time series data over the last five decades (1970-2018), shows that women’s labour force and workforce participation rates have secularly declined to their lowest levels since Independence. Given this disparate impact of COVID-19, in the absence of targeted policy interventions designed to support retention and promote women’s workforce participation, women are likely to continue being excluded from India’s spectacular growth story. Keywords: Women, labour force, wage gaps, India, post-COVID-19 recovery

scholarly journals THE EXCHANGE RATE REGIME AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE: EVIDENCE FROM GHANA

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Adubofour Isaac
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The degree of fluctuation of a country’s currency in relation to other currencies is an important factor in determining her foreign trade position. The study employed both theoretical and empirical approaches to examine Ghana’s real exchange rate and the impact on her foreign trade. A time series data, spanning from 1991 to 2019 was analyzed in an attempt to establish the relationship between exchange rate and economic growth. It is argued in the study that exchange rate has impact on a country’s export volumes. A verification on the relationship between labour force and international trade was also conducted. The study was also extended to examining the impact of a country’s access to stable electric power on export volumes. Findings of the study revealed a statistically significant and inverse association existing between exchange rate and international trade. The study also found that, wide electricity coverage has statistically significant and direct effect on foreign trade, resulting from an increased production capacity due to the availability of electric power. The study however found no suggestive evidence to support the claim that, labour force has impact on her foreign trade. A test on granger causality found no causal linkage between the variables. KEYWORDS: Exchange rate, international trade, labour force, exports.

scholarly journals Exchange Rate Pass-through and Its Impacts on the Nigeria Economy

2020 ◽  
pp. 44-53
Author(s):  
Obasanmi, Jude Omokugbo
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Exchange Rate Changes ◽  
High Level ◽  
Exchange Rate Pass Through

Exchange Rate Pass-Through is an approximation of international macroeconomic transmission of prices and thus has implications for the timing of economic policy interventions. Hence, the degree and speed of pass-through is important for formulating policy responses to economic shocks. In this study, the researcher evaluated some channels and impacts of exchanges rate pass-through on the Nigerian economy during the period spanning from 1981 to 2018. Unit root and co-integration tests, as well as the error regression analysis on the time series data for the period 1981-2018 were carried out. The empirical outcomes indicated that Exchange rate changes pass-through interest rate and inflation rate channels on both short and long run and thus significantly affected interest rates and prices of goods and service in Nigeria during the study period. These outcomes yielded key policy insights and outlook which made the researcher to recommend amongst others that Government should ensure that the interest rates are brought to a level that will enable producers access investible funds. When there is high level of funds for production, exports would likely increase ceteris paribus, there by an increase in the foreign exchange earnings for the country and an appreciation of the naira.

Working Women in Japan

1986 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Employment Status ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Reward And Recognition ◽  
Part Time Work

Japan is perhaps the worst of the top industrialised nations in its treatment of its female labour force. Although some improvements have been made, discrimination still exists in all aspects of employment, particularly in opportunity, reward and recognition. Japanese women feel that the two most important avenues for achieving greater equality are self‐improvement and the realisation of changes in societal attitudes, whereas changes in the law are not felt to be so important. Recent trends in employment status, employment by industry and occupation and part‐time work as well as age and educational background as regards working women in Japan are examined. Legislation is briefly described. Understanding the situation in different countries is a prerequisite for gaining the broader perspective necessary for the achievement of universal equity and mutual global prosperity.

scholarly journals The Profile of Female Labor Force Participation in Malaysia Based on Recursive Partitioning Analyses

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-241
Author(s):  
Abdul Hadi Alias ◽  
Abdul Hadi Alias ◽  
Zamira Hasanah Zamzuri ◽  
Nur Riza Mohd Suradi ◽  
Nur Riza Mohd Suradi
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Recursive Partitioning ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Using Data

In determining the level of the Malaysian economy, one of the factors contributing to the economic development of the country is the availability of labour. Studies on the availability of female labour force by identifying female profiles in labor force participation were made using data from Labour Force Survey (LFS), Malaysia for reference year 1990, 2000, 2010 and the latest 2018. Referring to the latest year 2018, the recursive partitioning (RP) technique showed that four subgroup profiles of working women have been created equal to 12%, 43%, 57% and 78%, respectively (percentage of working women at the four subgroups). Majority of the working women are identified in the group of aged 20-59 and the highest certificate obtain was tertiary education (Certificate, Diploma and Bachelor’s Degree) with 78%. Comparison between year 2018 with others reference year, there was a difference in the profile of working women whose working age had increased from 54 to 59 years. There is also a difference in the highest qualification obtained from obtaining only UPSR or SRP qualification in year 1990 to Diploma and Bachelor’s degree certificate in year 2018. Therefore, efforts need to be enhanced by providing initiatives for this group so that those who are in this group or will join this group later will be motivated to join labour market.

scholarly journals FOREIGN INVESTMENT INFLOWS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR A RENEWED ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA: AN ECONOMETRIC STUDY

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 88-103
Author(s):  
Aderopo Raphael Adediyan ◽  
Emmanuel Ekomoezor
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Annual Time Series

This study attempts to find answer to the question of whether Nigeria should intensify effort to draw home more foreign investment; would more of foreign investment inflows accelerate Nigeria economic performance? Methodologically, annual time series data from 1986 to 2018 was analyzed using ARDL approach. The key findings are that, although FDI has long-run positive impact on economic growth, FPI has no operational effect on the growth; this is true of FPI both in the long-run and short-run. Furthermore, labour force and trade openness were found to have long-run and short-run positive impact on growth. Hence, government must tactically open up economy to trans-border trade, increase labour supply and intensify effort to attract more FDI.

scholarly journals How trade diversification and economic growth affect gender inequality in female labour market participation? The case of India

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudeshna Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThe author attempts to investigate through empirical exercise how the chances of female employment opportunities rise in a developing country like India, against the backdrop of changes in institutions that are associated with globalization. Following Dreher et al. (2012), the author measures how institutional arrangements proxied by political, cultural and social globalization impact women's labour force participation.Design/methodology/approachThe relation between female labour force participation, economic growth and further export diversification are quite complex. The paper develops a simultaneous equation model through a growth equation, gender equation and globalization equation to identify the factors impacting female labour market opportunities in India, based on annual time series data 1991–2019.FindingsThe major results of this study are summarized as: (1) it is social globalization that positively impacts gender equality in employment opportunities apart from economic growth and trade diversification. (2) Evidence of “feminization of labour force” in the context of trade diversification is found and (3) equal gender opportunities reflect in equalizing outcomes in the labour market.Originality/valueThe present study contributes to the literature on gender inequality and economic growth in three major ways. First, it focuses upon a set of factors that explain gender inequality in opportunities that may impede economic growth. The study tries to explore how the persistence of gender inequality in the labour market influences negatively economic growth. Further how economic growth and trade diversification create pathways to impact gender inequality in the labour market. Second, the study tries to show how the male–female gap in employment opportunities constrains trade diversification. Third, trade diversification can induce modifications in the structure of production across sectors which can have a positive or negative impact on gender inequality. The actual impact is a matter of empirical exploration which this study has attempted. The author has shown in this study that gender inequality in a developing country like India reduces trade diversification directly through gender gaps in opportunity and indirectly by impeding economic growth which adversely impacts trade diversification.

HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA: AN EMPIRICAL APPRAISAL OF THE NEXUS

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-86
Author(s):  
Alemu Kingsley Imandojemu ◽  
Desmond Uareime Imonikhe ◽  
Nathaniel Toyosi Akinlosotu ◽  
Aina Jamiu Babatunde
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Expenditure ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Health Care Expenditure ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
Long Run ◽  
National Growth

A nation’s wealth is often described in terms of their physical stock of capital per time for the promotion of economic growth. One of such physical stock of capital is a healthy labour force. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship between health expenditure and economic growth in Nigeria from 1985 to 2019. To determine this, annual time series data was collected from various issues of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin and the World Development Indicator (WDI). Stationarity, long run relationship, equation estimation and causality were determined using the Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF), Johansen-Cointegration, Parsimonious Error Correction Mechanism (ECM) and Pairwise Granger Causality test respectively. The result showed that a long run relationship exist among the variables while the ECM showed that in event of a disequilibrium, the system would restore itself to equilibrium at an adjustment speed of approximately 85.5percent. The result uncovered that current and past percentage of health expenditure in total expenditure (PHETE), government final consumption expenditure (GFCE), and labour force participation (LABF) all had direct impact on national growth (real GDP per capita) while current and past number of infant deaths (NUFD) had inverse relationship with national growth. Result further showed that there exists a unidirectional causality running from NUFD to RGDPPC; from GFCE to RGDPPC; from LABF to RGDPPC, from NUFD to PHETE, from LABF to PHETE, from NUFD to GFCE and from NUFD to LABF. It was recommended that the federal government through the Ministry of Health should endeavour to encourage private-public partnership in the building of quality health infrastructure such as hospitals with state of art facilities in localities where standard health care centres are not accessible to working citizens.

scholarly journals Educational Gender Gap, Economic Growth and Income Distribution: An Empirical Study of the Interrelationship in Cameroon

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Dobdinga C. Fonchamnyo ◽  
Nubonyin Hilda Fokong
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Theil Index

This study aimed at investigating the interrelationship existing between educational gender gap, economic growth and income distribution in Cameroon using time series data from 1970 to 2014 obtained from the World Bank Development indicators and University of Texas inequality project. For estimation, the three stage least square regression technique was employed to estimate the parameters of the system of equations. The econometrics results showed that, educational gender gap had a positive and significant effect on economic growth, while increase in income inequality deters growth in Cameroon. The results also revealed that the theil index of income inequality negatively and significantly affect the educational gender gap, while the proportion of female teachers in the labour force and trade openness had a positive influence on the educational gender gap. Based on the findings, it is recommended that policymakers should focus on socio-economic policies apt to reduce educational gender gap and income inequality and at promoting economic growth.

Non-Indian aid and growth nexus in Bhutan

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-129
Author(s):  
Jigme Nidup
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Unit Root Test ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Distributed Lag ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of Non-Indian foreign aid on economic growth. In addition, this paper also investigates the importance of governance, policy and democratic institution in fostering economic growth. Planned development activities in Bhutan are mostly funded through external assistance, particularly from India. Bhutan also receives assistance from other bilateral and multilateral countries besides India. Design/methodology/approach – This study adopts the autoregressive distributed lag approach to cointegration using time-series data from 1982 to 2012. To ensure stationarity of data, the unit root test is conducted. Necessary diagnostic tests are also performed to confirm that the model does not violate regression assumptions. Findings – Findings indicate that Non-Indian foreign aid, governance and democracy are detrimental to economic growth. Policy and investment is found insignificant determinant. However, labour force and technology are found fostering economic growth. Research limitations/implications – Less number of observations restrained detailed analysis like the use of interactive terms between aid and governance, aid and policy to see its actual impact. Data on Indian aid could not be sourced from any documents. Those available were found only for few years restricting time series analysis. Originality/value – This study explored the impact of various determinants on economic growth in Bhutan. These findings provide useful insights for policymakers in Bhutan to make necessary decisions. The analysis also suggests future ground for research to those scholars and researchers.

scholarly journals Study on Structure of Labour Force Divided by Economic Sector: HCM, Vietnam Case

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vu Thi Kim Hanh
Keyword(s):  
Time Series Data ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
State Sector ◽  
Logistics Regression ◽  
Force Structure ◽  
Log Likelihood ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels

Labour force plays a crucial role and it is the strategy of a country. The paper has objective to assess how impact of labour force structure is divided by economic sectors on logistics transport development in Ho Chi Minh (HCM), Vietnam. Author uses Estimating Logistics regression by Maximum Log Likelihood (LRML) and Assessing fit of a Logistics Regression (AFLR) with the time series data between 2005 and 2019. The notable results are cumulative percentage (%) of impact of Labour force on state sector, Labour force on outside state sector and Labour force on foreign investing sector, ranging from 14% to 100%. The lowest level is 10% in 2005. The highest level is 100% in 2019. Cumulative % of logistics transport development impacted was at the lowest level of 7% and the highest level of 100%. The impact level fluctuated upwards between 2006 and 2015. The Cumulative % of impact of Labour force on state sector, Labour force on outside state sector and Labour force on foreign investing sector, and Cumulative % of logistics transport development were impacted at different levels.

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