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The impact of gender wage gap on sectoral economic growth : cross-country approach
Wolszczak-Derlacz, Joanna - 2013
We propose an empirical analysis of testing the relationship between gender wage gap and economic growth. The study takes into account 12 manufacturing sectors in 18 OECD countries for the period between 1970 and 2005.We use industrial statistics (EU KLEMS, 2008) on female and male wages that...
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Gender equality and inclusive growth
Fernández, Raquel; Isakova, Asel; Luna, Francesco; … - 2021
This paper considers various dimensions and sources of gender inequality and presents policies and best practices to address these. With women accounting for fifty percent of the global population, inclusive growth can only be achieved if it promotes gender equality. Despite recent progress,...
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The cost of competitiveness of manufacturing in China and India : an industry and regional perspective
Ark, Bart van (contributor) - 2008
manufacturing sector of China and India. We first provide a comparison between India and China using a broad international … perspective. We find that China has increased its labor productivity to a level above that of India, but due to a somewhat higher … compensation level, China is still somewhat at a disadvantage in terms of unit labor cost in manufacturing relative to India. In …
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The cost competitiveness of manufacturing in China and India : an industry and regional perspective
Ark, Bart van; Erumban, Abdul Azeez; Chen, Vivian; … - In: Emerging giants : China and India in the world economy, (pp. 87-124). 2010
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Gender wage inequality and economic growth : is there really a puzzle? ; a comment
Schober, Thomas; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 39 (2011) 8, pp. 1476-1484
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A model of gender inequality and economic growth
Kim, Jinyoung; Lee, Jong-Wha; Shin, Kwanho - 2016
This paper introduces a model of gender inequality and economic growth that focuses on the determination of women's time allocation among market production, home production, child rearing, and child education. The theoretical model is based on Agénor (2012), but differs in several important...
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Gender wage inequality and economic growth : is there really a puzzle?
Schober, Thomas; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2009
Seguino (2000) shows that gender wage discrimination in export-oriented semi-industrialized countries might be fostering investment and growth in general. While the original analysis does not have internationally comparable wage discrimination data, we replicate the analysis using data from a...
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The economic cost of gender gaps in effective labor : Africa's missing growth reserve
Bandara, Amarakoon - In: Feminist economics 21 (2015) 2, pp. 162-186
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New evidence on the gender wage gap in Indonesia
Taniguchi, Kiyoshi; Tuwo, Alika - 2014
Indonesia has been experiencing impressive economic growth and rapid urbanization in recent years. However, urbanization could affect income inequality through people's movement from rural to urban areas. Using the 2010 National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas) in Indonesia, this study examines how...
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Nexus of Gender Pay Gap and Economic Growth : Evidence from Nigeria
Oginni, Oyewole - 2016
Gender pay gap is phenomenally global. It manifests in different dimensions, across borders and has spanned centuries. However, increasingly insatiable drive to achieve steady and viable economic growth ignited extensive research on gender issues. The study examined nexus of gender pay gap and...
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