Women’s Labour Supply and Household Insurance in Africa
Umaña-Aponte, Marcela and Bhalotra, Sonia R. (2012). Women’s Labour Supply and Household Insurance in Africa. UNU-WIDER.
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Sub-type Working paper Author Umaña-Aponte, Marcela
Bhalotra, Sonia R.Title Women’s Labour Supply and Household Insurance in Africa Volume/Issue No. 2012/66 Publication Date 2012 Place of Publication Helsinki Publisher UNU-WIDER Pages 31 Language eng Abstract This paper investigates whether cyclical variation in women labour supply in Africa contributes to smoothing household consumption. We find little support for this hypothesis. Using comparable individual data on about 0.5 million women in 30 Sub-Saharan A
Keyword Business cycles
Insurance
Labor supply
WomenCopyright Holder UNU-WIDER Copyright Year 2012 Copyright type Fair use permitted ISSN 17987237 ISBN 9789292305291 -
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