Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications

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? We 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bandiera, Oriana, Natraj, Ashwini
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2014
Subjects:
educational attainment
female education
female labor
female labor force
female labor force participation
Gender
gender disparities
gender equality
gender gap
gender gaps
Gender Inequality
gender roles
girls
labor force
labor force participation
labor market
maternal mortality
rights for women
wage discrimination
wage gap
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19490

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