O Efeito do uso de tecnologias no domicílio sobre a participação feminina no mercado de trabalho no Brasil rural

Abstract

In Brazil, it has been known the increase in women's participation in the labor market. However, women are still mainly responsible for the implementation of activities within households. The use of technology in Brazilian households can be useful to free women to the labor market. This thesis aims to analyze the effect of using technologies such as women's liberalization factor for the labor market in the Brazilian countryside. In Brazil, few studies relate the use of technology as a positive factor in freeing the woman to the labor market. In the international literature, it is observed that there is still no consensus among the authors in fact the technologies can help women to join the workforce. The methodology used is the logistic regression model. From dummies will evaluate the effect of the use of technology in households on the participation of women in the labor market. The results indicate that considering the durable goods washing machine and freezer there is a positive association of these technologies and the woman's occupation in rural Brazil, as homemaking have a percentage reduction on women's employment rate in the labor market.