%0 Journal Article
%T Determinantes de la participaci¨®n laboral femenina en Venezuela: Aplicaci¨®n de un modelo probit para el a£¿o 2005
%A Mart¨ªnez
%A ¨¢ngel
%J Revista Venezolana de Estudios de la Mujer
%D 2010
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X the participation of women in the workforce is the subject of many studies at the global level, the objective of which is to better understand gender equality in employment. in labour markets, supply and demand are principally the results of the interactions between both interconnected social and economic variables. this paper is a joint analysis of the determinants of female labour participation in venezuela. it also analyzes the determinants of women£¿s employment in venezuela for the year 2005, using a probit econometric model. results mainly, show that the participation of women in this labour market is product of decisions in order to maximize household£¿s personal income and compatible with the theory of human capital decisions
%K labour market
%K equality of gender.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1316-37012010000200002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en