Audrey K L Siah
Biographic Data
| ID | 6152691 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Audrey K L Siah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Audrey K L |
| FAMILY NAME | Siah |
| SIGNATURE | SIAH A K L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4093-4505 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Women Labour Force Participation
As much as data on the women labour force participation (LFP) rate reveals, several issues remain puzzling. While the dominance of women in the manufacturing and service sector is evident, the proportion of Malaysian women in the workforce is still low when compared to neighbouring countries. This paper utilises data from the World Values Survey to explore how one’s attributes and gender-role attitudes affect women LFP in Malaysia, given that emp…
Colonial origins of agglomeration
This study examines how historical rail stations condition long-run development using Colonial Malaya as a laboratory. By constructing novel historical data on rail stations, agglomeration centres, tin mines, and rubber plantations dating back a century and matching contemporary data on economic activity at the 1-km cell level, we find that regions with earlier access to rail stations exhibit higher levels of economic activity today, owing to agg…
Female labour force participation, infant mortality and fertility in Malaysia
In reviewing the population policy in 1984, the Malaysian government called for a major shift from family planning to family and human resource development to achieve an ultimate population of 70 million by 2100. However, regardless of the government's initiatives since 1984, Malaysia's fertility rate still declined. This study examines the short-run and long-run relationship and causality between female labour force participation rate, infant mo…
Female labour force participation, infant mortality and fertility in Malaysia
In reviewing the population policy in 1984, the Malaysian government called for a major shift from family planning to family and human resource development to achieve an ultimate population of 70 million by 2100. However, regardless of the government's initiatives since 1984, Malaysia's fertility rate still declined. This study examines the short-run and long-run relationship and causality between female labour force participation rate, infant mo…
Female labour force participation, infant mortality and fertility in Malaysia
In reviewing the population policy in 1984, the Malaysian government called for a major shift from family planning to family and human resource development to achieve an ultimate population of 70 million by 2100. However, regardless of the government's initiatives since 1984, Malaysia's fertility rate still declined. This study examines the short-run and long-run relationship and causality between female labour force participation rate, infant mo…
Women Labour Force Participation
As much as data on the women labour force participation (LFP) rate reveals, several issues remain puzzling. While the dominance of women in the manufacturing and service sector is evident, the proportion of Malaysian women in the workforce is still low when compared to neighbouring countries. This paper utilises data from the World Values Survey to explore how one’s attributes and gender-role attitudes affect women LFP in Malaysia, given that emp…
Colonial origins of agglomeration
This study examines how historical rail stations condition long-run development using Colonial Malaya as a laboratory. By constructing novel historical data on rail stations, agglomeration centres, tin mines, and rubber plantations dating back a century and matching contemporary data on economic activity at the 1-km cell level, we find that regions with earlier access to rail stations exhibit higher levels of economic activity today, owing to agg…
Economics (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work) · Causality (physics (1 work) · Cointegration (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work) · Demography (1 work)