This first note in the series on the cost of gender inequality focuses on the losses in national wealth due to gender inequality in earnings. There is a substantial literature on the impact of gender inequality on economic growth and performance. By focusing on wealth, the approach usedfor measurement in this note is different. Wealth is the assets base that enables countries to produce income Gross Domestic Product or GDP). A country’s wealth includes...
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Unrealized potential : the high cost of gender inequality in earnings
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Wodon,Quentin T.; Leroy De La Briere,Benedicte.
Unrealized potential : the high cost of gender inequality in earnings (English). The Cost of Gender Inequality Note Series Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/172021527258723053