Date of Award
Spring 5-5-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Economics
First Advisor
Randall Filer
Second Advisor
Jonathan Conning
Academic Program Adviser
Randall Filer
Abstract
Does rising female labor force participation precede economic growth, or does the relationship run in the other direction? This paper addresses this question by performing a Granger causality test to examine the relationship between economic growth and female labor force participation worldwide. The economic growth –is measured in two ways: using Growth Domestic Product, Purchasing Power Parity (constant 2011 international dollar) and Growth Domestic Product using local currency units. The test uses a completely balanced panel dataset spanning over 28 years from 1990 to 2018 and using 151 countries for Purchasing Power Parity dataset and 154 countries in GDP in local currency unit dataset.
Recommended Citation
Rahman, Zulakha, "Female Labor Force Participation and Economic Growth: Granger Causality Test" (2020). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/598