Front Matter Page
European Department
Contents
Abstract
I. Introduction
II. Drivers of Female Employment: An Overview of the Literature
A. Structural characteristics
B. Policies
III. Female Labor Force Participation and its Drivers: Stylized Facts
A. Female labor force participation
B. Structural characteristics and policies
IV. Data and Methodology
V. Empirical Results
A. Extensive margin
B. Intensive margin
VI. Robustness
VII. Conclusion
Tables
1. Extensive Margin: Europe—Women
2. Extensive Margin: Europe—Women versus Men
3. Extensive Margin: Advanced and Emerging Europe—Women
4. Intensive Margin: Europe—Women
5. Robustness: Europe—Women
Figures
1. Female Labor Force Participation Across the Globe
2. Female Labor Force Participation in Europe
3. Selected Countries: Labor Force Participation by Age and Education, 2014
4. Part-Time Employment of Women
5. Determinants of Labor Supply: Structural Factors
6. Determinants of Labor Supply: Policies
7. Decomposing the Change in the Female Employment Rate, 2002–12
Appendices
A. Data
B. Country Coverage
Appendix Tables
A1. Summary Statistics: Individual Attributes
A2. Pairwise Correlation Coefficients: Individual Characteristics
A3. Summary Statistics: Policies
A4. Pairwise Correlation Coefficients: Policies
B1. Country Coverage
Appendix Figure
A1. ISSP Statistics
References