Gender Equality and Economic Growth

Gender Equality, Poverty and Economic Growth

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expresse...

Gender Equality and Poverty Reduction through Growth

Economic Development and Gender Equality: Is There a Gender Kuznets Curve? Research Note Economic Development and Gender Equality Is There a Gender Kuznets Curve?

Joshua Eastin and Aseem Prakash World Politics / Volume 65 / Issue 01 / January 2013, pp 156 ­ 186 DOI: 10.1017/S0043887112000275, Published online: 11 January 2013 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0043887112000275 How to cite this article: Joshua Eastin and Aseem Prakash (2013). Economic Development and Gender Equality: Is There a Gender Kuznets Curve?. World Polit...

The Effect of Increased Gender Equality on Economic Growth in Developing Countries

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether an increase in the level of human capital and reduction of gender inequality in the labor market affect developing nation’s growth rate and welfare. The data used in this thesis cover 74 emerging and developing countries for the years of 2001 and 2007. Solow’s augmented growth model has been used to estimate how increased rates of females and...

Gender Equality and Democracy

Although democratic institutions existed long before gender equality, at this point in history, growing emphasis on gender equality is a central component of the process of democratization. Support for gender equality is not just a consequence of democratization. It is part of a broad cultural change that is transforming industrialized societies and bringing growing mass demands for increasingl...