Gender Equality and Economic Development: The Role for Information and Communication Technologies
The author focuses on the role that information and communication technologies (ICTs) can play in improving gender equality, so as to enhance long-term economic growth. Employing OLS and IV panel regressions with country fixed-effects, he shows tha...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C.
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3583986/gender-equality-economic-development-role-information-communication-technologies-gender-equality-economic-development-role-information-communication-technologies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14306 |
| Summary: | The author focuses on the role that
information and communication technologies (ICTs) can play
in improving gender equality, so as to enhance long-term
economic growth. Employing OLS and IV panel regressions with
country fixed-effects, he shows that increases in the level
of ICT infrastructure tend to improve gender equality in
education and employment. In addition, the author shows that
education among the general population is important for
improving gender equality. The results provide evidence
indicating that gender equality in education is an important
contributor to gender equality in employment. Lastly, the
results show that economic development tends to lead to some
improvements in gender equality in the labor market. Hence,
the use of ICTs to improve gender equality in education and
employment may initiate a continuous cycle of positive
reinforcing feedback effects between gender equality in
employment and economic development, leading to further
improvements in both. |
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