1 CENTRE OF PLANNING AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH No 145 Labour Force Participation of Female Youth: Τhe Role of Culture Jennifer Cavounidis and Ioannis Cholezas June 2015 Jennifer Cavounidis Centre of Planning and Economic Research, Athens, Greece e-mail: jencav@kepe.gr Ioannis Cholezas Centre of Planning and Economic Research, Athens, Greece e-mail: ichol@kepe.gr