Abstract
This paper contributes to the understanding of household decisions of womens labor market participation in Asian societies. It considers the possible impacts of a wifes education on labor participation decisions within the context of a collective model of household bargaining. An empirical analysis of the determinants of participation of married women is also carried out through the use of household-level data from Indonesia Korea the Philippines Sri Lanka and Thailand. It is noted that this cross-country analysis using comparable data allows for the comparison of the determinants of womens participation in countries with different income levels stages of development and cultural characteristics. Overall results indicate that the determinants of womens labor force participation rates in Asia vary dramatically across countries. Evidence suggests that there is no single relationship between womens education and labor force participation in Asia. Hence it is important to consider the cultural context when trying to predict the effect of policies that increase womens education levels on womens participation in the labor force.
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