Abstract
Growth in the labor force is one of the determinants of a nation’s maximum sustainable, or potential, rate of economic expansion. However, in the period of study in this paper, the relationship between women’s participation in the labor force of Nigeria and economic growth is inverse and insignificant. This is attributed to the level of economic development, social norms, education levels, fertility rates and other factors. From policy perspectives therefore educational opportunities for the girl child should be extended to the nooks and crannies of the country so as to enhance socio-economic family planning techniques and methods to reduce the burden of women in the labour force. In the same vein, employers should be encouraged to give all gender equal opportunity and chance to pursue their potentials especially if they have potentials required for a particular job. However, particular attention should be focused on men by enlightening them on the essence of encouraging their spouses on any career they may choose as long as it does not affected the family in any way.
Highlights
Gender differentiation and productivity are critical issues that are central the socio-economic life of any country
While the developed countries have practically graduated from problems of gender differentiation, their less developed counterparts are still often been looked down upon in terms of their ability to contribute to the economic well-being of their families which invariably has some correlation to a nation‟s economic growth
In the case of Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa with an estimated population of 177,155,754 people (Index Mundi, 2014),right from the pre-colonial-traditional-Nigeria-society to its modern state, women have often being discriminated upon in affairs that led to deplete their contribution to economic growth (Makuochukwu, 2013).this paper seeks to empirically investigate female labor force contribution to Nigeria‟s growth
Summary
Gender differentiation and productivity are critical issues that are central the socio-economic life of any country. In the case of Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa with an estimated population of 177,155,754 people (Index Mundi, 2014),right from the pre-colonial-traditional-Nigeria-society to its modern state, women have often being discriminated upon in affairs that led to deplete their contribution to economic growth (Makuochukwu, 2013).this paper seeks to empirically investigate female labor force contribution to Nigeria‟s growth. GSM is ICT based telecommunication than can contribute to the growth and development of any nation These telecommunication networks have created significant effect on the gross domestic product (GDP) of Nigeria in terms of job creation, communication linkages connectivity, security of lives and reduced transport cost among other.
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