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technology affects the formal economic participation of women. The focus is on 48 African countries for the period 1990-2014. The … results show that improving communication technology increases female economic participation with the following consistent …
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This study investigates how enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) affects female economic … participation, female unemployment and female employment rates. The engaged ICT variables are: fixed broadband subscriptions, mobile …
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Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if …
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The study assesses how ICT modulates the effect of inequality on female economic participation in a panel of 42 …, the Atkinson index and the Palma ratio. The adopted ICT indicators are mobile phone penetration, internet penetration and … fixed broadband subscriptions. Three gender economic inclusion indicators are also used for the analysis, namely: female …
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, health, education, economic prosperity and digitalisation. Our findings show that: (i) Botswana performs best while women in …
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This study complements the extant literature by assessing economic sector and globalization channels for gender … gender employment in the industry and the negative effect is driven by the financial globalization sub-component of economic …-components positively affect gender employment in the service sector and the corresponding positive effect is driven by the trade …
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, health, education, economic prosperity and digitalisation. Our findings show that: (i) Botswana performs best while women in …
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This study investigates how technological advancement improves gender identity by means of female economic … show that improvement in technology increases female economic participation with the following consistent order of … to the control for: countries' levels in economic development; the use of contemporary technology advancement indicators …
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This inquiry relates to the empirical linkages between educational quality, Facebook penetration and accountability dynamics. The empirical investigation is based on the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) technique and Quantile regression for the conditional linkages which articulate low, middle, and...
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This study assesses the relationship between globalisation and the economic participation of women (EPW) in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1990-2013. EPW is measured with the female labour force participation and employment rates. The empirical evidence is based on...
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