The Role of Gender in Economic Participation and the  Key Women Employment Factors: a Case of Iran

Kavand, Hussein; Avazalipour, Mohammad Sadegh; Zandi, Fatimah; Damankeshideh, Marian

The Role of Gender in Economic Participation and the Key Women Employment Factors: a Case of Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor Faculty of Economics, University of Tehran

² PhD in Economics, Statistical Research and Training Center of Iran

³ . Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Political Science and Rights, South Tehran Branch Islamic Azad University

⁴ Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics and Accounting, Center Tehran Branch Islamic Azad University,

Abstract

Relying on the data of household expenditure and income survey in urban areas in 2006, this paper presents a picture of women's participation in the economy based on their role in the estimation of the economic activity of urban households. In addition, in the form of a logistic model, the role of gender and other important characteristics of socio - economic households in offering a chance for being employed have been investigated.
Also, the estimated logistic model shows when a family head is a man and is living with his wife, he has a greater chance for employment than a man without a wife or a man in a female- headed family. Based on the results, although female- headed families have lower chances of employment than man-headed ones, females that head a family and have a university degree have better chances of employment than men

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