Education Attainment, Further Female Participation & Feminization of Labor Markets in Arab Countries

Filali Adib, Fatima-Zohra and Driouchi, Ahmed and Achehboune, Amale (2013): Education Attainment, Further Female Participation & Feminization of Labor Markets in Arab Countries.

Abstract

The feminization of labor markets through the role of education is among the means that enhances the participation of women to development and ensures further involvement of human resources in the growth and development processes. While this is a process that is highly pursued in most developed economies, it is not clearly seen to be pervasive in most developing countries. The Arab economies are among those countries where lower participation of women is observed but where education is an important driver for further feminization of labor markets. These issues are discussed in the present chapter to underline the role of education in Arab economies in expanding further participation of human resources to local labor markets in these economies.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Labor markets, feminization, school attainment, skilled labor.
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O15 - Human Resources ; Human Development ; Income Distribution ; Migration

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