Type of work matters: Women's labor force participation and the child sex ratio in Turkey

被引：12

作者：

Berik, G ^{[1
]}

Bilginsoy, C ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2000年 / 28卷 / 05期

关键词：

Middle East; Turkey; sex ratio; women's labor force participation; unpaid family labor; spatial econometrics;

D O I：

10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00164-3

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Province-level census data for 1985 and 1990 from Turkey are used to examine the effect of the economic value of women on the 0-9 cohort population sex ratio. The sex ratio is interpreted as an indicator of the relative life chances of girls, reflecting their relative neglect in the household. We test two hypotheses: women's labor force participation lowers the sex ratio, and women's "gainful work outside" is more effective than the not-directly remunerative work in an integrated family production system in lowering the sex ratio. We find an inverse relationship between women's labor force participation and the sex ratio, bur this effect is present only where women engage in unpaid family labor. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：861 / 878

页数：18