Fertility and female labor force participation in Asian countries; panel ARDL approach

Nazah, Nawalin and Duasa, Jarita and Ariffin, Muhammad Irwan (2021) Fertility and female labor force participation in Asian countries; panel ARDL approach. Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan, 22 (2). pp. 272-288. ISSN 1411-9900 E-ISSN 2541-5506

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Abstract

Fertility has a close relationship with female laborforce 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-countrypanel datasets from 39 Asian countries, using panel ARDL analysis from 1990-2018. This study also examines the panel causality between the variables employing Dumitrescu andHurlin’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.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	3479/93358
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Fertility;Female Labor Force Participation;Panel ARDL;Panel Causality;ASIAN countries
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > HQ1101 Women. Feminism H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory > HB131 Methodology.Mathematical economics. Quantitative methods
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences > Department of Economics Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr. Jarita Duasa
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2021 16:08
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2021 16:08
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/93358

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