The relative status of women is poor in the developing world, compared to developed countries. Increases in per capita income lead to improvements in different measures of gender equality, suggesting that there may be market failures hindering investment in girls in developing countries, and that these are typically overcome as development proceeds. Gender inequality in education and health can also be explained to a considerable extent by religious preference, regional factors, and civil freedom. These systematic patterns in gender differentials suggest that low investment in women is not an efficient economic choice, and we can show that gender inequality in education is bad for economic growth. Thus, societies that have a preference for not investing in girls pay a price for it in terms of slower growth and reduced income.
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Author
Dollar, David Gatti, Roberta
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Document Date
1999/05/31
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Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
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Report Number
20771
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Doc Name
Gender inequality, income, and growth : are good times good for women ?
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Keywords
gender inequalities;Gender Inequality;per capita income;gender and development;Poverty Reduction & Economic Management;equal pay for equal work;international country risk guide;Gender Equality;per capita income growth;market failure;civil liberty;women in parliament;Rule of Law;status of woman;life expectancy at birth;secondary school enrollment ratio;education and health;increase in income;black market premium;empirical growth literature;
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Dollar, David Gatti, Roberta
Gender inequality, income, and growth : are good times good for women (English). Policy research report on gender and development working paper series ; no. 1 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/251801468765040122/Gender-inequality-income-and-growth-are-good-times-good-for-women