Gender equality and economic growth in Brazil (English)

This note studies the long-run impacts of policies aimed at fostering gender equality on economic growth in Brazil. After a brief review of gender issues in Brazil, this note describes a framework for quantifying the growth effects of gender-based policies in developing economies. The analysis is based on a computable overlapping generations (OLG) model that accounts for the impact of access to infrastructure on women's time allocation, as well as...

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Agenor, Pierre-Richard;

Canuto, Otaviano;
Document Date
2013/03/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
75835
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Brazil,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2013/03/08
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Gender equality and economic growth in Brazil
Keywords
Poverty Reduction & Economic Management

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Agenor, Pierre-Richard; Canuto, Otaviano.

Gender equality and economic growth in Brazil (English). Economic premise ; no. 109 Washington DC : World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/369341468222895907

Gender equality and economic growth in Brazil (English)

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