Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications
Does the existing evidence support policies that foster growth by reducing gender inequality? The authors argue that the evidence based on differences across countries is of limited use for policy design because it does not identify the causal link...
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ACCESS TO LAND ACCESS TO LOANS AID AVERAGE LEVEL BIRTHS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH CROPS CHILD CARE CHILD REARING CIVIL LIBERTIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CORRUPTION COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY OF ORIGIN COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS CUSTODY DATA SETS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DISCRIMINATORY CUSTOMS DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DOMESTIC SAVINGS DRUGS EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC POLICY EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL GENDER EDUCATIONAL GENDER GAPS EFFECTIVE POLICIES EFFECTS OF GENDER EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPOWERMENT EQUAL RIGHTS ESTIMATED COEFFICIENT FAMILIES FATHERS FEMALE FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE LITERACY FEMALE POPULATION FEMALES FEMINIST FEMINIST ECONOMICS FERTILITY FERTILITY LEVELS FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FIXED EFFECTS FUTURE GENERATIONS GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION GENDER GAP IN PRIMARY GENDER GAPS GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER PARITY GENDER ROLE GENDER ROLES GENDER STEREOTYPES GENDERS GIRLS GLOBAL ECONOMY GOOD GOVERNANCE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH REGRESSION GROWTH REGRESSIONS HEALTH STATUS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME DATA INCOME GROWTH INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INDIVIDUAL WOMEN INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUALITIES INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOUR FORCE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOUR MARKET LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND TENURE LAWS LEGAL RIGHTS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIBERTIES LIFE EXPECTANCY LITERACY RATES LONG-RUN GROWTH MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRANTS MODERN MEDICINE MONETARY ECONOMICS MOTHER MOTHERHOOD MUSLIM WOMEN NEGATIVE EFFECT NEWBORNS 0 HYPOTHESIS PANEL REGRESSIONS PER-CAPITA INCOME PILL POINT ESTIMATES POLICY CONCERN POLICY DEBATE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY GUIDANCE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL RIGHTS POLYGAMY POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICY REDUCED INEQUALITY REDUCING GENDER INEQUALITY REDUCING INEQUALITY RELATIVE PRICES RELATIVE WAGE RICHER COUNTRIES RIGHTS FOR WOMEN RULE OF LAW SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION SINGLE WOMEN SOCIAL CUSTOMS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL NORMS SURVIVAL RATE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADITIONAL FAMILY UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WAGE DISCRIMINATION WAGE GAP WAR WELFARE STATE WIDOWS WILL WIVES WORKFORCE |
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ACCESS TO LAND ACCESS TO LOANS AID AVERAGE LEVEL BIRTHS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH CROPS CHILD CARE CHILD REARING CIVIL LIBERTIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CORRUPTION COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY OF ORIGIN COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS CUSTODY DATA SETS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DISCRIMINATORY CUSTOMS DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DOMESTIC SAVINGS DRUGS EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC POLICY EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL GENDER EDUCATIONAL GENDER GAPS EFFECTIVE POLICIES EFFECTS OF GENDER EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPOWERMENT EQUAL RIGHTS ESTIMATED COEFFICIENT FAMILIES FATHERS FEMALE FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE LITERACY FEMALE POPULATION FEMALES FEMINIST FEMINIST ECONOMICS FERTILITY FERTILITY LEVELS FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FIXED EFFECTS FUTURE GENERATIONS GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION GENDER GAP IN PRIMARY GENDER GAPS GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER PARITY GENDER ROLE GENDER ROLES GENDER STEREOTYPES GENDERS GIRLS GLOBAL ECONOMY GOOD GOVERNANCE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH REGRESSION GROWTH REGRESSIONS HEALTH STATUS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME DATA INCOME GROWTH INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INDIVIDUAL WOMEN INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUALITIES INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOUR FORCE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOUR MARKET LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND TENURE LAWS LEGAL RIGHTS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIBERTIES LIFE EXPECTANCY LITERACY RATES LONG-RUN GROWTH MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRANTS MODERN MEDICINE MONETARY ECONOMICS MOTHER MOTHERHOOD MUSLIM WOMEN NEGATIVE EFFECT NEWBORNS 0 HYPOTHESIS PANEL REGRESSIONS PER-CAPITA INCOME PILL POINT ESTIMATES POLICY CONCERN POLICY DEBATE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY GUIDANCE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL RIGHTS POLYGAMY POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICY REDUCED INEQUALITY REDUCING GENDER INEQUALITY REDUCING INEQUALITY RELATIVE PRICES RELATIVE WAGE RICHER COUNTRIES RIGHTS FOR WOMEN RULE OF LAW SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION SINGLE WOMEN SOCIAL CUSTOMS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL NORMS SURVIVAL RATE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADITIONAL FAMILY UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WAGE DISCRIMINATION WAGE GAP WAR WELFARE STATE WIDOWS WILL WIVES WORKFORCE Bandiera, Oriana Natraj, Ashwini Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6369 |
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Does the existing evidence support
policies that foster growth by reducing gender inequality?
The authors argue that the evidence based on differences
across countries is of limited use for policy design because
it does not identify the causal link from inequality to
growth. This, however does not imply that
inequality-reducing policies are ineffective. In other
words, the lack of evidence of a causal link is not in
itself evidence that the causal link does not exist.
Detailed micro studies that shed light on the mechanisms
through which gender inequality affects development and
growth are needed to inform the design of effective policies. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Bandiera, Oriana Natraj, Ashwini |
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Bandiera, Oriana Natraj, Ashwini |
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Bandiera, Oriana |
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Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications |
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Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications |
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Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications |
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Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications |
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Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications |
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does gender inequality hinder development and economic growth? evidence and policy implications |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17369928/gender-inequality-hinder-development-economic-growth-evidence-policy-implications http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13170 |
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okr-10986-131702021-04-23T14:03:07Z Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications Bandiera, Oriana Natraj, Ashwini ACCESS TO LAND ACCESS TO LOANS AID AVERAGE LEVEL BIRTHS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH CROPS CHILD CARE CHILD REARING CIVIL LIBERTIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CORRUPTION COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY OF ORIGIN COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS CUSTODY DATA SETS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DISCRIMINATORY CUSTOMS DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DOMESTIC SAVINGS DRUGS EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC POLICY EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL GENDER EDUCATIONAL GENDER GAPS EFFECTIVE POLICIES EFFECTS OF GENDER EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPOWERMENT EQUAL RIGHTS ESTIMATED COEFFICIENT FAMILIES FATHERS FEMALE FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE LITERACY FEMALE POPULATION FEMALES FEMINIST FEMINIST ECONOMICS FERTILITY FERTILITY LEVELS FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FIXED EFFECTS FUTURE GENERATIONS GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION GENDER GAP IN PRIMARY GENDER GAPS GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER PARITY GENDER ROLE GENDER ROLES GENDER STEREOTYPES GENDERS GIRLS GLOBAL ECONOMY GOOD GOVERNANCE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH REGRESSION GROWTH REGRESSIONS HEALTH STATUS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME DATA INCOME GROWTH INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INDIVIDUAL WOMEN INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUALITIES INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOUR FORCE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOUR MARKET LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND TENURE LAWS LEGAL RIGHTS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIBERTIES LIFE EXPECTANCY LITERACY RATES LONG-RUN GROWTH MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRANTS MODERN MEDICINE MONETARY ECONOMICS MOTHER MOTHERHOOD MUSLIM WOMEN NEGATIVE EFFECT NEWBORNS 0 HYPOTHESIS PANEL REGRESSIONS PER-CAPITA INCOME PILL POINT ESTIMATES POLICY CONCERN POLICY DEBATE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY GUIDANCE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL RIGHTS POLYGAMY POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICY REDUCED INEQUALITY REDUCING GENDER INEQUALITY REDUCING INEQUALITY RELATIVE PRICES RELATIVE WAGE RICHER COUNTRIES RIGHTS FOR WOMEN RULE OF LAW SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION SINGLE WOMEN SOCIAL CUSTOMS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL NORMS SURVIVAL RATE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADITIONAL FAMILY UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WAGE DISCRIMINATION WAGE GAP WAR WELFARE STATE WIDOWS WILL WIVES WORKFORCE Does the existing evidence support policies that foster growth by reducing gender inequality? The authors argue that the evidence based on differences across countries is of limited use for policy design because it does not identify the causal link from inequality to growth. This, however does not imply that inequality-reducing policies are ineffective. In other words, the lack of evidence of a causal link is not in itself evidence that the causal link does not exist. Detailed micro studies that shed light on the mechanisms through which gender inequality affects development and growth are needed to inform the design of effective policies. 2013-04-11T20:32:18Z 2013-04-11T20:32:18Z 2013-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17369928/gender-inequality-hinder-development-economic-growth-evidence-policy-implications http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13170 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6369 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |