Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/204998 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/19/027
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
This study investigates the effect of inequality on female employment in 42 countries in sub- Saharan Africa for the period 2004-2014. Three inequality indicators are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. Two indicators of gender inclusion are also employed, namely: female employment and female unemployment rates. The empirical analysis is based on the Generalised Method of Moments (GMM).The following main findings are established. First, inequality increases female unemployment in regressions based on the Palma ratio. Second, from the robustness checks, inequality reduces female employment within the frameworks of the Gini coefficient and Palma ratio.
Subjects: 
Africa
Gender
Inclusive development
JEL: 
G20
I10
I32
O40
O55
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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