Abstract:

Female employment contributes significantly to economic development and growth. However, many factors, such as globalization and country-specific socio-economic factors, significantly affect female labor force participation and employment. These effects become more evident, especially in developing countries. Therefore, examining the relationship between female employment and sectoral growth in these countries is particularly important in emphasizing the economic contributions of female employment. This study examines the effects of female employment on sectoral growth in E-7 countries compared with male employment. In the study, cointegration and causality analyses were carried out in comparison with male employment, using the annual data set of the E-7 countries for 1991-2019. As a result of the study, it has been determined that there is cointegration between agriculture, industry, and services sectors and female employment. At the same time, when the country-specific coefficients are examined, it is seen that the direction and size of the relationship differ. Moreover, in the causality analysis, while bidirectional causality was found between female employment and agriculture and services sectors, no causality was found in the industrial sector. Therefore, it is seen that the relationship between female employment and sectoral added values differ in the short and long term, and employment policies to be implemented should take this situation into account.

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