This dissertation focuses on the relationship between gender equality and economic development, broadly defined. Since … the seminal work of Ester Boserup (1970), gender equality is widely understood as being both an instrument for and a … the consequences of gender inequality for economic development? (Chapter 1.) And what are its causes—i.e., why do we …

by raising their skill levels. This is the most effective way to get people out of poverty. Education is the area where … is increasing rapidly, and to close the gender gap in the labour market. The health and pension systems play a …

in education and address significant transport infrastructure gaps. …

and promote economic growth in India. The first part provides a brief review of gender issues in the country. The second … part presents a gender-based OLG model, based on Agénor (2015) and Agénor and Canuto (2015), that accounts for women’s time … in infrastructure, conditional cash transfers, and a reduction in gender bias in the market place. The analysis shows …

ratio of education by gender boosts economic growth. Our results are robust to the use of estimation procedures that do not … covering 30 countries from 1960 to 2008 on education (the Barro-Lee dataset) and growth (update of OECD data), our results … countries. We find that the increase in the years of education of the total population has a positive influence on output per …