Gender Inequality and Economic Growth : Evidence from Industry-Level Data /
We study whether higher gender equality facilitates economic growth by enabling better allocation of a valuable resource: female labor. By allocating female labor to its more productive use, we hypothesize that reducing gender inequality should disproportionately benefit industries with typically hi...
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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2020.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2020/119 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |