What are some factors that cause lower female labor participation and what are the possible adverse effects it can pose for the future? How can we counteract the economic disparity in labor participation?

Project by Polygence alum Soo Hyun

What are some factors that cause lower female labor participation and what are the possible adverse effects it can pose for the future? How can we counteract the economic disparity in labor participation?

Project's result

Produced a research paper which I published in the International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research. Presented my paper at a conference as part of Polygence's Symposium for Rising Scholars.

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Summary

In this paper, I will aim to study female labor force participation and consider potential threats and obstacles women face that may inhibit their participation in the labor force. This ultimately serves as the culprit and driving force for the underrepresentation of females in the labor force. My project presents the numerous factors that cause lower female labor participation, the possible benefits of increasing it, and potential solutions to overcome this economic disparity. I will analyze statistics from the World Bank by creating infographics such as scatterplots. In addition, I conduct literature reviews which serve as my main source of information.

Ethan

Ethan

Polygence mentor

PhD Doctor of Philosophy candidate

Subjects

Computer Science, Quantitative, Social Science

Expertise

Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Natural Language Processing, Labor Economics, Industrial Organization, Antitrust, Economics of Education, AI/ML, Text Analysis, Macroeconomics

Soo Hyun

Soo Hyun

Student

Graduation Year

2025

Project review

“Writing feedback support was excellent”

About my mentor

“Was helpful at all times and provided me with insightful documents to aid my research”