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Gender Equality and Inclusive Growth
Fernández, Raquel; Luna, Francesco; Rambousek, Barbara - 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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013238140
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Labor market discrimination and the macroeconomy
Asali, Muhammad; Gurashvili, Rusudan - 2019
, among male and female workers, and the gender wage gap, among Georgians and non-Georgians. The gender wage discrimination is … larger than the ethnic wage discrimination. In the second estimation stage, these wage discrimination estimates are used in a … general-to-specific vector autoregression framework to test for the Granger causality between discrimination and growth. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974394
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Impact of gender inequality on the Republic of Korea's long-term economic growth : an application of the theoretical model of gender inequality and economic growth
Kim, Jinyoung; Lee, Jong-Wha; Shin, Kwanho - 2016
. The model is calibrated to fit to Korean data. We find that gender equality policies that lower discrimination in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416953
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Impact of Gender Inequality on the Republic of Korea's Long-Term Economic Growth : An Application of the Theoretical Model of Gender Inequality and Economic Growth
Kim, Jinyoung - 2016
. The model is calibrated to fit to Korean data. We find that gender equality policies that lower discrimination in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012998109
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Wage Inequality and the Contribution of Capital, Differential Labor Quality and Efficiency to Economic Growth in Korea, 1965-2007
Kwack, Sung Yeung - 2012
-1996 to 36% in 2001-2007. This paper shows that Korea's policy of educating its workforce has boosted productivity and growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109245
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Analysis of Pay Inequality and Its Impacts on Growth and Performance in the Korean Manufacturing Industry
Lee, Jeong-Dong; Heshmati, Almas; Kim, Yunhee - 2021
This paper examines the relationship between pay inequality, economic growth, and performance in Korea. Pay inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324895
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The Reduced Impact of Exports on Korea's Economic Growth : A Demand-Side Approach
Oh, Jong‐seok; Hong, Sung Wook; Kang, Duyong - 2023
After the global financial crisis, both export growth and economic growth have trended downward, while exports’ contributions to percentage change in GDP fell off markedly after 2011. For this study, we adopted an export multiplier approach by which exports’ indirect effects on the domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014264384
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Labor market dynamics in Tunisia: The issue of youth unemployment
Stampini, Marco; Verdier-Chouchane, Audrey - 2011
This paper analyzes the dynamics of the youth labor market in Tunisia using unique labor force survey data from 2005 to 2007 that include a longitudinal component. It first shows that sustained economic growth will reduce youth unemployment over the next few years. Second, forecasts indicate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278333
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431771
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Making the most of immigration in Canada
Carey, David - 2018
Canada’s immigration policy aims to promote economic development by selecting immigrants with high levels of human capital, to reunite families and to respond to foreign crises and offer protection to endangered people. Economic-class immigrants, who are selected for their skills, are by far...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011995769