Low schooling for girls, slower growth for all? Cross-country evidence on the effect of gender inequality in education on economic development (English)

Using cross-country and panel regressions, this article investigates how gender inequality in education affects long-term economic growth. Such inequality is found to have an effect on economic growth that is robust to changes in specifications and controls for potential endogeneities. The results suggest that gender inequality in education directly affects economic growth by lowering the average level of human capital. In addition, growth is indirectly...

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Klasen,Stephan;
Document Date
2002/09/01
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
77396
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2013/05/22
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Disclosed
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Low schooling for girls, slower growth for all? Cross-country evidence on the effect of gender inequality in education on economic development
Keywords
gender inequalities

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Klasen,Stephan.

Low schooling for girls, slower growth for all? Cross-country evidence on the effect of gender inequality in education on economic development (English). Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/382741468330879895

Low schooling for girls, slower growth for all? Cross-country evidence on the effect of gender inequality in education on economic development (English)

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