Agénor, Pierre-Richard; Canuto, Otaviano - In: Journal of Macroeconomics 43 (2015) C, pp. 155-172
This paper studies the long-run impact of policies aimed at fostering gender equality on economic growth in Brazil. The first part provides a brief review of gender issues in the country. The second part presents a gender-based, three-period OLG model that accounts for women’s time allocation...