TY - JOUR
T1 - Female labour force participation during economic crises in Argentina and the Republic of Korea
AU - Lee, Kye Woo
AU - Cho, Kisuk
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The impact of economic crisis on female labour force participation in two middle-income countries is explored, by testing two hypotheses: the "added workers hypothesis", which holds that more women are likely to enter the labour force in order to compensate for household income lost because of the crisis; and the "discouraged workers hypothesis", which posits that poor macroeconomic conditions and scarcity of jobs lead women to leave the labour force altogether. With FLFP rates rising in Argentina but falling in the Republic of Korea, neither hypothesis is supported. Differences in employers' risk-aversion/ discrimination in employment and compensation, and supportive public policies (e.g. on childcare), apparently explain most of the country differences.
AB - The impact of economic crisis on female labour force participation in two middle-income countries is explored, by testing two hypotheses: the "added workers hypothesis", which holds that more women are likely to enter the labour force in order to compensate for household income lost because of the crisis; and the "discouraged workers hypothesis", which posits that poor macroeconomic conditions and scarcity of jobs lead women to leave the labour force altogether. With FLFP rates rising in Argentina but falling in the Republic of Korea, neither hypothesis is supported. Differences in employers' risk-aversion/ discrimination in employment and compensation, and supportive public policies (e.g. on childcare), apparently explain most of the country differences.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33645106468&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2005.tb00576.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2005.tb00576.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33645106468
SN - 0020-7780
VL - 144
SP - 423
EP - 450
JO - International Labour Review
JF - International Labour Review
IS - 4
ER -