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dc.contributor.authorApire, John Paul
dc.contributor.authorTuryareeba, Dickson
dc.contributor.authorOlyanga, Moni Anthony
dc.contributor.authorKatutsi, Vincent Patsy
dc.contributor.authorMusiita, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorWamala, Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-17T08:55:55Z
dc.date.available2024-04-17T08:55:55Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.citationApire, J. P., Turyareeba, D., Olyanga, M. A., Katutsi, V. P., Musiita, B., & Wamala, A. (2023). Female Labor Force Participation and Uganda’s Economic Growth. Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 15(4 (J)), 55-68.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/3575
dc.description.abstractThis comprehensive study explores the impact of various female labor force participation indicators on Uganda's economic growth, encompassing participation rate, educational levels, and fertility rate while considering confounding factors like capital formation and inflation. Utilizing a quantitative approach and a causal relationship research design, the study employs the ARDL (3, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2) model on quarterly data from 1990 to 2021. Results reveal a significant adverse short-term causal impact of the female labor force participation rate on economic growth, with no such effect in the long term. The educational levels and fertility rate exhibit statistically insignificant impacts in both short and long terms. The findings suggest a prevailing trend of female labor contributing predominantly to labor-intensive agriculture and the informal economy, without a noticeable shift to more lucrative sectors over the long run. Additionally, the study underscores the potential for short-term economic growth through birth control measures and policies enhancing physical capital stocks, contributing to our understanding of Uganda's economic progress within the neoclassical and U-shape development frameworks.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Economics and Behavioral Studiesen_US
dc.subjectFemale labor forceen_US
dc.subjectNeoclassical growth theoryen_US
dc.subjectU-Shape development theoryen_US
dc.subjectEconomic growthen_US
dc.subjectARDLen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleFemale Labor Force Participation and Uganda’s Economic Growthen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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