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Working women and per capita household consumption expenditures; an untouched reality

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Working women have more compulsive buying tendencies which can lead to a significant increase in their household consumption expenditures.This study investigates the effects of changes in the number of working women on household per capita consumption.We test the hypothesis that changes in the number of working women have a discernible impact on household final per capita consumption expenditures, due to their differing consumption propensities, by doing an empirical analysis based on panel data set of 36 OECD economies within the period 2000-2016.The results indicate that changes in the number of working women increase the household per capita consumption expenditures.The result

Source: Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci

DOI: 10.18045/zbefri.2020.1.35

Authors: Wen Jun, Junaid Waheed, Hadi Hussain, Ihsan Jamil, Denisa Borbášová, Muhammad Khalid Anser

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Gender equality, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $307

OpenAlex ID: W3104066880

FWCI: 4.636

Cites: 59

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10