Catalyst for Change : Empowering Women and Tackling Income Inequality /

This study shows empirically that gender inequality and income inequality are strongly interlinked, even after controlling for standard drivers of income inequality. The study analyzes gender inequality by using and extending the United Nation's Gender Inequality Index (GII) to cover two decade...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gonzales, Christian
Other Authors: Jain-Chandra, Sonali, Kochhar, Kalpana, Newiak, Monique
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:Staff Discussion Notes; Staff Discussion Notes ; No. 2015/020
Online Access:Full text available on IMF