Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation in Asian Countries; Panel ARDL Approach

Fertility has a close relationship with female labor force participation and is predicted to be the prominent factor affecting female labor force participation in rich and emerging countries. The decline in fertility worldwide, accompanied by increased female education, is assumed to increase female...

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Autores principales: Nawalin Nazah, Jarita Duasa, Muhammad Irwan Arifin
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f2a1a13b0be147d08f48b913c9b9c92d2021-11-05T03:54:11ZFertility and Female Labor Force Participation in Asian Countries; Panel ARDL Approach1411-99002541-550610.18196/jesp.v22i2.11142https://doaj.org/article/f2a1a13b0be147d08f48b913c9b9c92d2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journal.umy.ac.id/index.php/esp/article/view/11142https://doaj.org/toc/1411-9900https://doaj.org/toc/2541-5506Fertility has a close relationship with female labor force participation and is predicted to be the prominent factor affecting female labor force participation in rich and emerging countries. The decline in fertility worldwide, accompanied by increased female education, is assumed to increase female labor force participation. The increase in the female labor force participation rate can improve economic incentives for the country. Therefore, this study estimates the effect of fertility and female education on female labor force participation in cross-country panel datasets from 39 Asian countries, using panel ARDL analysis from 1990-2018. This study also examines the panel causality between the variables employing Dumitrescu and Hurlin’s (2012) Granger non-causality test. According to the Hausman test, among the three models in panel ARDL, DFE is the preferred model compared to the PMG and MG. The results revealed that fertility was negatively significant on female labor participation in the short run but not in the long run. In contrast, female education was positively significant on female labor participation in the long run but not in the short run. Meanwhile, the panel causality showed a bidirectional relationship between female labor participation and fertility, female labor participation and education, and fertility and female education.Nawalin NazahJarita DuasaMuhammad Irwan ArifinUniversitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakartaarticlefertilityfemale labor force participationpanel ardlpanel causalityasian countriesEconomic theory. DemographyHB1-3840ENJurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan, Vol 22, Iss 2, Pp 272-288 (2021)
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topic fertility
female labor force participation
panel ardl
panel causality
asian countries
Economic theory. Demography
HB1-3840
spellingShingle fertility
female labor force participation
panel ardl
panel causality
asian countries
Economic theory. Demography
HB1-3840
Nawalin Nazah
Jarita Duasa
Muhammad Irwan Arifin
Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation in Asian Countries; Panel ARDL Approach
description Fertility has a close relationship with female labor force participation and is predicted to be the prominent factor affecting female labor force participation in rich and emerging countries. The decline in fertility worldwide, accompanied by increased female education, is assumed to increase female labor force participation. The increase in the female labor force participation rate can improve economic incentives for the country. Therefore, this study estimates the effect of fertility and female education on female labor force participation in cross-country panel datasets from 39 Asian countries, using panel ARDL analysis from 1990-2018. This study also examines the panel causality between the variables employing Dumitrescu and Hurlin’s (2012) Granger non-causality test. According to the Hausman test, among the three models in panel ARDL, DFE is the preferred model compared to the PMG and MG. The results revealed that fertility was negatively significant on female labor participation in the short run but not in the long run. In contrast, female education was positively significant on female labor participation in the long run but not in the short run. Meanwhile, the panel causality showed a bidirectional relationship between female labor participation and fertility, female labor participation and education, and fertility and female education.
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author Nawalin Nazah
Jarita Duasa
Muhammad Irwan Arifin
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Jarita Duasa
Muhammad Irwan Arifin
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title Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation in Asian Countries; Panel ARDL Approach
title_short Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation in Asian Countries; Panel ARDL Approach
title_full Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation in Asian Countries; Panel ARDL Approach
title_fullStr Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation in Asian Countries; Panel ARDL Approach
title_full_unstemmed Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation in Asian Countries; Panel ARDL Approach
title_sort fertility and female labor force participation in asian countries; panel ardl approach
publisher Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
publishDate 2021
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