The Relationship between Information and Communication Technologies and Female Labour Force Participation in Turkey

• Autorzy: Samet Tüzemen , Özge Barış-Tüzemen , Ali Kemal Çelik
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The elimination of all forms of discrimination between the sexes is not only a fundamental human right but it also is very important to support all other areas of development, particularly sustainable development. The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the role of information and communication technologies on employment inequality in Turkey. Therefore, the relationship between ICT applications and female labour force participation is investigated with the auto regressive distributed lag (ARDL) model and impulse response analysis. The results showed that there is no association between information and communication technologies and the female labour force participation rate for the period 1988-2018. These findings may suggest that developing countries also need to have a certain level of development in other areas such as democracy, fundamental rights and freedoms and the rule of law to benefit from the opportunities that information and communication technologies offer to empower the whole society including women. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Women employment; Information Technology (IT); Female economic activity; Labour force; Social development

PL

Zatrudnienie kobiet; Technologia informacyjna; Aktywność zawodowa kobiet; Siła robocza; Rozwój społeczny

• Czasopismo: Economics and Business Review
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: 7 (21)
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 121--145

Twórcy

autor

Samet Tüzemen

• Ardahan University, Yenisey Campus, Ardahan, Turkey

autor

Özge Barış-Tüzemen

• Karadeniz Technical University, Central Campus, Trabzon, Turkey

autor

Ali Kemal Çelik

• Ardahan University, Yenisey Campus, Ardahan, Turkey

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DOI

10.18559/ebr.2021.4.7