THE government’s call to further enhance female participation in many spheres of the economy deserves much support. However, their participation rates in the workforce do not match their corresponding share in the population. Once a female enters the workforce, she has to stay on throughout to enjoy all the facilities that the job offers. This pattern explains the unimodal participation rates of the female labour force in the country in contrast to the patternin many developed countries where the participation is bimodal in nature. This is what the phenomenon of bimodal participation rates in the labour force is all about.

Source: New Strait Times December 11, 2017 01:20 UTC