Empirical analysis of the women's employment in the Maghreb countries

Abstract EN

Despite the economic growth opportunities of the female workforce, women in the three Maghreb countries (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) faced low levels of activity for more than three decades.

The aim of this work is to determine the reasons that hinder the development of women's employment in these three countries.

The study made use of linear regression method with the least square method on panel data for the period 1991 to 2017.

The results obtained confirm a certain spatial variability.

It appears from the study that women's unemployment rate and the male unemployment rate explains a little more female participation rate in Algeria but less in Morocco and Tunisia.

And these social and cultural factors are the main obstacle to women's access to employment in these countries.