A Gender Employment Gap Index (GEGI) : A Simple Measure of the Economic Gains from Closing Gender Employment Gaps, with an Application to the Pacific Islands

A Gender Employment Gap Index (GEGI) : A Simple Measure of the Economic Gains from Closing Gender Employment Gaps, with an Application to the Pacific Islands

Despite a policy consensus that closing gender employment gaps will boost economic growth, relatively little is known about the size of these gains in many developing countries. This paper develops a new Gender Employment Gap Index (GEGI), which is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pennings, Steven Michael
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2022
Subjects:
EMPLOYMENT GAP
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
GENDER GAP
HUMAN CAPITAL
CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE LABOR SUPPLY
FEMALE WORK
EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/190541645548827307/A-Gender-Employment-Gap-Index-GEGI-A-Simple-Measure-of-the-Economic-Gains-from-Closing-Gender-Employment-Gaps-with-an-Application-to-the-Pacific-Islands
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37062

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/190541645548827307/A-Gender-Employment-Gap-Index-GEGI-A-Simple-Measure-of-the-Economic-Gains-from-Closing-Gender-Employment-Gaps-with-an-Application-to-the-Pacific-Islands
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37062

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