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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2002/09/01
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77396
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2013/05/22
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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
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gender inequalities
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