The Impact of Gender Inequality in Education and Employment on Economic Growth : New Evidence for a Panel of Countries

Using cross-country and panel regressions, we investigate to what extent gender gaps in education and employment (proxied using gender gaps in labor force participation) reduce economic growth. Using the most recent data and investigating an extended time period (1960-2000), we update the results of...

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Main Authors:	Klasen, Stephan, Lamanna, Francesca
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Analysis of Education I210 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure J210 Labor Discrimination J710 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Measurement of Economic Growth Aggregate Productivity Cross-Country Output Convergence O470
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spelling	okr-10986-46362021-04-23T14:02:18Z The Impact of Gender Inequality in Education and Employment on Economic Growth : New Evidence for a Panel of Countries Klasen, Stephan Lamanna, Francesca Analysis of Education I210 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure J210 Labor Discrimination J710 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Measurement of Economic Growth Aggregate Productivity Cross-Country Output Convergence O470 Using cross-country and panel regressions, we investigate to what extent gender gaps in education and employment (proxied using gender gaps in labor force participation) reduce economic growth. Using the most recent data and investigating an extended time period (1960-2000), we update the results of previous studies on education gaps on growth and extend the analysis to employment gaps using panel data. We find that gender gaps in education and employment considerably reduce economic growth. The combined "costs" of education and employment gaps in the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia amount respectively to 0.9-1.7 and 0.1-1.6 percentage point differences in growth compared to East Asia. Gender gaps in employment appear to have an increasing effect on economic growth differences between regions, with the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia suffering from slower growth in female employment. 2012-03-30T07:28:58Z 2012-03-30T07:28:58Z 2009 Journal Article Feminist Economics 13545701 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4636 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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topic	Analysis of Education I210 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure J210 Labor Discrimination J710 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Measurement of Economic Growth Aggregate Productivity Cross-Country Output Convergence O470
spellingShingle	Analysis of Education I210 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure J210 Labor Discrimination J710 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Measurement of Economic Growth Aggregate Productivity Cross-Country Output Convergence O470 Klasen, Stephan Lamanna, Francesca The Impact of Gender Inequality in Education and Employment on Economic Growth : New Evidence for a Panel of Countries
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description	Using cross-country and panel regressions, we investigate to what extent gender gaps in education and employment (proxied using gender gaps in labor force participation) reduce economic growth. Using the most recent data and investigating an extended time period (1960-2000), we update the results of previous studies on education gaps on growth and extend the analysis to employment gaps using panel data. We find that gender gaps in education and employment considerably reduce economic growth. The combined "costs" of education and employment gaps in the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia amount respectively to 0.9-1.7 and 0.1-1.6 percentage point differences in growth compared to East Asia. Gender gaps in employment appear to have an increasing effect on economic growth differences between regions, with the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia suffering from slower growth in female employment.
format	Journal Article
author	Klasen, Stephan Lamanna, Francesca
author_facet	Klasen, Stephan Lamanna, Francesca
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title	The Impact of Gender Inequality in Education and Employment on Economic Growth : New Evidence for a Panel of Countries
title_short	The Impact of Gender Inequality in Education and Employment on Economic Growth : New Evidence for a Panel of Countries
title_full	The Impact of Gender Inequality in Education and Employment on Economic Growth : New Evidence for a Panel of Countries
title_fullStr	The Impact of Gender Inequality in Education and Employment on Economic Growth : New Evidence for a Panel of Countries
title_full_unstemmed	The Impact of Gender Inequality in Education and Employment on Economic Growth : New Evidence for a Panel of Countries
title_sort	impact of gender inequality in education and employment on economic growth : new evidence for a panel of countries
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The Impact of Gender Inequality in Education and Employment on Economic Growth : New Evidence for a Panel of Countries

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