This study examines the role played by education in female labor market participation in Botswana. Using the 2015/2016 Botswana Multi‐Topic Household Survey data and a multinomial logit model, the study found that relative to self‐employment, women with higher qualifications are more likely to be wage employed, whereas those with lower to no education are less likely to be wage employed. Alternatively, women with higher education are less likely to be unemployed, whereas those with lower education are more likely to be unemployed or out of the labor force as opposed to being self‐employed. This suggests that the government should continue educating women beyond secondary level as it will better equip them to participate in more meaningful labor market activities. In order to encourage participation of women in high rewarding self‐employment activities, there is need to intensify empowerment schemes that are largely oriented towards their self‐employment.

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妇女的教育和劳动力市场活动：博茨瓦纳的情况

这项研究考察了教育在博茨瓦纳女性劳动力市场参与中的作用。使用2015/2016博茨瓦纳多主题家庭调查数据和多项Logit模型，研究发现，相对于自营职业，具有较高资历的妇女更有可能受雇于工资，而受教育程度较低或没有受过教育的妇女则较少受雇。受雇于工资。另外，受教育程度较高的妇女失业的可能性较小，而受教育程度较低的妇女与自营职业相比，其失业可能性较大或没有劳动力。这表明政府应继续对妇女进行中等以上教育，因为这将使她们更好地参与更有意义的劳动力市场活动。