On Gender and Growth : The Role of Intergenerational Health Externalities and Women’s Occupational Constraints

On Gender and Growth : The Role of Intergenerational Health Externalities and Women’s Occupational Constraints

This paper studies the growth effects of externalities associated with intergenerational health transmission, health persistence, and women's occupational constraints-- with particular emphasis on the role of access to infrastructure. The firs...

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Main Authors:	Agénor, Pierre-Richard, Canuto, Otaviano, da Silva, Luiz Pereira
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADULT HEALTH ADULT POPULATION ADULTHOOD AGED AGRICULTURE AIDS PREVENTION ANTENATAL CARE BABIES BABY BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BREAST BREAST FEEDING BREAST MILK CARE DURING PREGNANCY CENSUSES CHILD CARE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILD MORTALITY CHILD REARING CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDREN PER COUPLE CONTRACEPTION CROPS DAMAGES DECLINE IN FERTILITY DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIET DISASTERS DISCRIMINATION DISEASE DISEASES DIVORCE DOCTORS DROPOUT DRUGS DYING EARLY CHILDHOOD EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATED MEN EDUCATED MOTHERS EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMPOWERMENT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION EPIDEMIC EXTENSION FAMILIES FAMILY CONSUMPTION FAMILY INCOME FAMILY RESOURCES FAMILY SIZE FASHION FATHERS FEED FEMALE FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LITERACY FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY DECLINES FERTILITY RATE FEWER CHILDREN FEWER WOMEN FOOD NEEDS FORMAL EDUCATION FOSSIL FUELS FUTURE MOTHERS GENDER GENDER BIAS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER DISPARITIES IN EDUCATION GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION GENDER GAP IN PRIMARY GENDER GAPS GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER PARITY GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH STATUSES HEALTH SYSTEMS HIV HIV POSITIVE HIV/AIDS HOME HOMES HOSPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBANDS HYGIENE ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMMUNE SYSTEM IMPACT ON GIRLS IMPACT ON HEALTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION IODINE DEFICIENCY IRON ISOLATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB SECURITY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LAM LAWS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL COMMUNITY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOWER FERTILITY MALARIA MARRIED COUPLES MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MEAL PREPARATION MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS MEDICINES MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH MIDDLE AGE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER MOTHER-TO-CHILD MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION MOTHERS TO CHILDREN NATIONAL POLICY NATURAL DISASTERS NEWBORNS NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF WOMEN NURSES NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBSTETRIC CARE OLD AGE OLD-AGE OPPOSITE SEX PARASITES PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PENSION PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT PHYSICAL WORK PILL POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLLUTION POOR HEALTH POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION SIZE PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PREVENTION METHODS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PUBLIC POLICY RATE OF GROWTH RATIO OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS BELIEFS REPRODUCTION RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS SAFE WATER SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL QUALITY SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLING SEX SEX RATIO SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL NORMS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPILLOVER SPOUSES STATUS OF WOMEN SURVIVAL RATE THERAPY TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS UNEDUCATED MOTHERS UNEMPLOYMENT VACCINATION VIOLENCE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN'S HEALTH WOOD WORK FORCE WORKERS WORKFORCE
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Summary:	This paper studies the growth effects of externalities associated with intergenerational health transmission, health persistence, and women's occupational constraints-- with particular emphasis on the role of access to infrastructure. The first part provides a review of the evidence on these issues. The second and third parts present an overlapping generations model of endogenous growth that captures these interactions, and characterize its properties. The model is then used to perform several gender-based or gender-related experiments -- a reduction in the cost of child rearing, improved wage equality in the market place, and better access to infrastructure. The last part draws together the implications of the analysis for promoting the role of women in growth strategies.

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