Women in paid employment: a role for public policies and social norms in Guatemala

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI:10.1080/13600818.2023.2202384

Rita Almeida, Mariana Viollaz

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Abstract

ABSTRACT With only 32% of women in the labor market, Guatemala has one of the lowest rates of female labor force participation (FLFP) in the Latin America and Caribbean region and in the world. We explore information from different micro data sets, including the most recent population censuses (2002 and 2018) to assess the drivers of recent progress. Between 2002 and 2018, FLFP increased from an average of 26% to 32% nationwide. This increase was partly explained by increases in the school attainment of women, reduction in fertility and the country’s structural transformation towards services. However, a large part of the increase remains unexplained. Exploring 2018 data, we show that social norms, attitudes towards women and public policies are important determinants of FLFP. The analysis suggests that, taken together, these factors can all become an important source of increased participation of women in the labor market moving forward 1 .

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妇女从事有偿就业:危地马拉公共政策和社会规范的作用

摘要危地马拉只有32%的女性进入劳动力市场，是拉丁美洲和加勒比地区以及世界上女性劳动力参与率最低的国家之一。我们探索了不同微观数据集的信息，包括最近的人口普查（2002年和2018年），以评估最近进展的驱动因素。2002年至2018年间，全国FLFP从平均26%增长到32%。这一增长的部分原因是妇女入学率的提高、生育率的下降以及该国向服务业的结构转型。然而，增长的很大一部分仍然无法解释。通过研究2018年的数据，我们发现社会规范、对妇女的态度和公共政策是FLFP的重要决定因素。分析表明，综合起来，这些因素都可以成为女性参与劳动力市场的重要来源1。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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