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Employment, especially female employment, has become an important,
influencing issue in decisions and plans in the country in recent decades. This
article reviews changes in female employment in Iran. For this purpose, the
indicator of female participation in labor force in World Development Indicators
series, which is provided by the World Bank, is used. Shift-share analysis
method was applied to analyze data over two periods 1985-1995 and 1995-2005.
Results indicate that over time the structure of female employment has been
fundamentally changed. So that, within two decades the share of women in the
labor force has increased from 19.3 percent in 1985 to 33.8 percent in 2005.
Also, during the periods the female employment growth rate had been more than
the country's share of the growth for Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
region. The disproportionate growth seems to be due to competition and the
structure positive growing, i.e. during the period the growth and mobility of
women in economic activities in Iran was positive and also more than MENA
region.
Type of Study:
orginal |
Received: 2011/09/18 | Published: 2011/04/15