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This paper investigates the multidimensional effects of both formal and informal gender norms on female labor force participation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis includes a sample of 42 Sub-Saharan African nations between 2009 and 2019. Using a panel quantile regression model, the findings reveal that gender stereotypes significantly limit young women’s employment opportunities, regardless of whether they reside in rural or urban areas. This effect is amplified in rural areas as fertility rates increase. Discrimination related to physical integrity, access to resources, male preference, civil liberties, and bargaining power further impacts women’s participation in the labor market. In light of these findings, Sub-Saharan African countries must develop programs for women and girls or enact laws to combat discriminatory practices. Examples of such initiatives include efforts to reduce gender-based norms, like the Oxfam We-Care initiative, and promoting education for women, which has been shown to positively impact female labor supply.
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In the context of rapid globalization and technological capacity, the world’s economies today are driven increasingly by knowledge—the expertise, skills, experience, education, understanding, awareness, perception, and other qualities required to communicate, interpret, and analyze information. New wealth is created by the application of knowledge to improve productivity—and to create new products, services, systems, and process (i.e., to innovate). The Journal of the Knowledge Economy focuses on the dynamics of the knowledge-based economy, with an emphasis on the role of knowledge creation, diffusion, and application across three economic levels: (1) the systemic ''meta'' or ''macro''-level, (2) the organizational ''meso''-level, and (3) the individual ''micro''-level. The journal incorporates insights from the fields of economics, management, law, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and political science to shed new light on the evolving role of knowledge, with a particular emphasis on how innovation can be leveraged to provide solutions to complex problems and issues, including global crises in environmental sustainability, education, and economic development. Articles emphasize empirical studies, underscoring a comparative approach, and, to a lesser extent, case studies and theoretical articles. The journal balances practice/application and theory/concepts.
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