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Jurnal Ekonomi Kependudukan dan Keluarga

Abstract

Studies of women labor participation (WLFP) and household economics have grown in size in the last two decades and more research and policy focus are given to gender equality, labor markets and household welfare. Nevertheless, the available literature is still in pieces by region, theme, and institutional settings and a complete bibliometric review of this area of study is yet to be done. The objective of the proposed study is to trace the world-wide literature on the topic of women participation in the labor force and household economics through the analysis of the patterns of publications, networks of cooperations, and the development of the topic. The research design adopted in this study is bibliometric research design, which focuses on the analysis of 502 peer-reviewed journal articles, which have been indexed in the Scopus database and published in the English language between 2000 and 2025. The bibliographic data was processed and visualized using VOSviewer (version 1.6.20) and co-authorship analysis, bibliographic coupling, and keyword co-occurrence analysis were used to determine the influential countries, institutions, journals, and publications as well as strong research themes.The results show that the research output has been increasing steadily, and especially at the beginning of the COVID-19 period. Nevertheless, the high concentration of scholarly production and collaboration in Global North countries and the few and loosely-connected contributions of the Global South lead to a high level of control over the field. Thematic evolution demonstrates the progressive development of the general socio-demographic visions to more pragmatic ones, which are the household income, participation in the labor market, and the distribution of income.

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Bahasa Abstract

Studi tentang partisipasi tenaga kerja perempuan (WLFP) dan ekonomi rumah tangga telah berkembang pesat dalam dua dekade terakhir, dan perhatian lebih besar diberikan pada kesetaraan gender, pasar tenaga kerja, dan kesejahteraan rumah tangga. Namun, literatur yang tersedia masih terfragmentasi berdasarkan wilayah, tema, dan konteks institusional, dan tinjauan bibliometrik komprehensif tentang bidang studi ini belum dilakukan. Tujuan studi yang diusulkan adalah untuk melacak literatur global tentang partisipasi perempuan dalam angkatan kerja dan ekonomi rumah tangga melalui analisis pola publikasi, jaringan kerja sama, dan perkembangan topik tersebut. Desain penelitian yang digunakan dalam studi ini adalah desain penelitian bibliometrik, yang berfokus pada analisis 502 artikel jurnal yang telah direview oleh rekan sejawat, terindeks dalam basis data Scopus, dan diterbitkan dalam bahasa Inggris antara tahun 2000 dan 2025. Data bibliografis diproses dan divisualisasikan menggunakan VOSviewer (versi 1.6.20), dan analisis kolaborasi penulis, pengikatan bibliografis, serta analisis kemunculan kata kunci digunakan untuk menentukan negara, institusi, jurnal, dan publikasi yang berpengaruh serta tema penelitian yang kuat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa produksi ilmiah telah meningkat secara stabil, terutama pada awal periode COVID-19. Namun, konsentrasi yang tinggi dalam produksi akademik dan kolaborasi di negara-negara Global Utara, serta kontribusi yang sedikit dan kurang terhubung dari negara-negara Global Selatan, menyebabkan tingkat kendali yang tinggi atas bidang ini. Perkembangan tematik menunjukkan perkembangan progresif dari visi sosiodemografis umum menuju visi yang lebih pragmatis, yaitu pendapatan rumah tangga, partisipasi di pasar tenaga kerja, dan distribusi pendapatan. 

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