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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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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spelling	okr-10986-194902021-04-23T14:03:52Z Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications Bandiera, Oriana Natraj, Ashwini 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 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 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. 2014-08-20T16:08:57Z 2014-08-20T16:08:57Z 2013-02 Journal Article World Bank Research Observer 1564-6971 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19490 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Bandiera, Oriana Natraj, Ashwini Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications
description	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 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.
format	Journal Article
author	Bandiera, Oriana Natraj, Ashwini
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title	Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications
title_short	Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications
title_full	Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications
title_fullStr	Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications
title_full_unstemmed	Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications
title_sort	does gender inequality hinder development and economic growth? evidence and policy implications
publisher	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2014
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19490
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Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications

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