• DOI:10.1086/452511
Corpus ID: 154722615

Education and Labor Market Participation of Women in Asia: Evidence from Five Countries*

@article{Cameron2001EducationAL,
  title={Education and Labor Market Participation of Women in Asia: Evidence from Five Countries*},
  author={L. Cameron and J. Malcolm Dowling and C. Worswick},
  journal={Economic Development and Cultural Change},
  year={2001},
  volume={49},
  pages={459 - 477}
}

L. Cameron, J. Malcolm Dowling, C. Worswick

Published 2001

Economics

Economic Development and Cultural Change

This paper contributes to the understanding of household decisions of womens labor market participation in Asian societies. It considers the possible impacts of a wifes education on labor participation decisions within the context of a collective model of household bargaining. An empirical analysis of the determinants of participation of married women is also carried out through the use of household-level data from Indonesia Korea the Philippines Sri Lanka and Thailand. It is noted that this… CONTINUE READING

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