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| From Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's lecture notes. Labor Force Participation Rates The labor force participation rate (LFPR) is the share of employed plus unemployed people as a proportion of the working-age population. It indicates how many people of working age are actively participating in the labor market. The female LFPR indicates how many women of working age are active in the labor market. This proportion has been increasing in recent times and represents a way in which women can use their potential in the labor market to achieve economic independence ( ILO, 2004 ). The total female labor force was 1.2 billion in 2006, up from 1.1 billion a decade earlier, see the table below. Moreover, the gap between the male and female labor force participation rates also narrowed over the period. In 1996 there were 66 active women per 100 active men; by 2006 this number had increased to 67 ( ILO, 2007 ). Over the 10-year period, the female LFPR declined to 52.4 in 2006 from 53 percent in 1996. The ILO attributes this to two facts - first, the increasing numbers of young women in education and second, the increasing representation of older women in the labor force. read more ... |
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