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Estimating the Economic Value of Women Homemaking who Living in Informal Settlements (Case study of Sanandaj City)

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Accounting, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mazandran, Iran.

2 PhD, Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The household, as a fundamental institution in any society and within the cycle of the national economy, serves on one hand as a supplier of labor to firms in the factor markets, and on the other hand as a consumer of final goods and services in these markets. This study aims to estimate the economic value of household activities performed by women living in informal settlements in Sanandaj County. The Heckman two-step approach was used in this research. The statistical sample includes 193 women from informal settlements in Sanandaj County. Based on the results of this study, with each unit increase in women's education level, their wages increase by 0.09%. Additionally, a one-unit increase in market wage rates results in a 0.0003% increase in individual earnings. Moreover, the findings indicate that the estimated potential monthly wage for women in this county is 2,752,000 Tomans. The study also estimates that the value added from household work by women living in informal settlements in Sanandaj County constitutes approximately 4.77% (13,986 billion Rials) of Kurdistan Province's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The research results showed that training programs had a positive effect on household income, and participants in these programs were willing to pay for them to empower themselves. Therefore, it can be concluded that the training programs were successful from the perspective of the women as well. Based on these findings, policy-making focused on education for the empowerment of women and other residents of informal settlements is recommended.

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Economic Policies and Research
Volume 3, Issue 4 - Serial Number 12
January 2025
Pages 58-87
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