The Impact of Sectoral Growth on Job Creation for Women (An Input - Output Approach)

Because of the different nature ofproduction functions in various
sectors of the economy, and because of the gender seregation of the labor
market, the impact of various sectors' growth on the job creation for
women is not the same as for men.
In this paper, by applying an Input-output approach, labor use
cofficients are calculated for women on the basi,' of education and skills,
both for private and public sectors "of the economy.
The results reveal that the privatization had a fovorable impact on
women with high school diploma or lower, but had an adverse eJTect on
higher educated women. Furthermor, the highest job creating sectorslor
uneducated, highschool and higher - educated women were textile, health
and education respectively.