Economic growth and gender inequality: an analysis of panel data for five Latin American countries

This study looks at the relationship between the feminization of the labour market —defined as a relative increase in the female labour force participation rate and in the female labour supply as measured in hours— and economic growth in five Latin American countries. On the one hand, these trends a...

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spelling oai-11362-426602020-09-28T15:22:16Z Economic growth and gender inequality: an analysis of panel data for five Latin American countries Vásconez Rodríguez, Alison CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO GENERO INCORPORACION DE LA PERSPECTIVA DE GENERO MUJERES EMPLEO DE LA MUJER IGUALDAD DE GENERO MODELOS ECONOMETRICOS ECONOMIC GROWTH GENDER GENDER MAINSTREAMING WOMEN WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT GENDER EQUALITY ECONOMETRIC MODELS This study looks at the relationship between the feminization of the labour market —defined as a relative increase in the female labour force participation rate and in the female labour supply as measured in hours— and economic growth in five Latin American countries. On the one hand, these trends are reflected in the potential demand that labour force participation can channel into economic growth. On the other, the conditions under which women enter and remain in the labour market will determine their supply-side (i.e. cost-based) contribution to growth. Labour supply functions are calculated using the supply in terms of hours, feminization rates and estimated wages in dynamic economic growth functions. The results indicate that the feminization of the labour force bears a positive relationship with growth but that increases in the labour supply (as measured in hours) does not. 2017-12-14T20:36:49Z 2017-12-14T20:36:49Z 2017-08 Texto Sección o Parte de un Documento http://hdl.handle.net/11362/42660 LC/PUB.2017/10-P 4 en CEPAL Review CEPAL Review 122 .pdf application/pdf AMERICA LATINA LATIN AMERICA
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topic CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO
GENERO
INCORPORACION DE LA PERSPECTIVA DE GENERO
MUJERES
EMPLEO DE LA MUJER
IGUALDAD DE GENERO
MODELOS ECONOMETRICOS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
GENDER
GENDER MAINSTREAMING
WOMEN
WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT
GENDER EQUALITY
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
spellingShingle CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO
GENERO
INCORPORACION DE LA PERSPECTIVA DE GENERO
MUJERES
EMPLEO DE LA MUJER
IGUALDAD DE GENERO
MODELOS ECONOMETRICOS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
GENDER
GENDER MAINSTREAMING
WOMEN
WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT
GENDER EQUALITY
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
Vásconez Rodríguez, Alison
Economic growth and gender inequality: an analysis of panel data for five Latin American countries
description This study looks at the relationship between the feminization of the labour market —defined as a relative increase in the female labour force participation rate and in the female labour supply as measured in hours— and economic growth in five Latin American countries. On the one hand, these trends are reflected in the potential demand that labour force participation can channel into economic growth. On the other, the conditions under which women enter and remain in the labour market will determine their supply-side (i.e. cost-based) contribution to growth. Labour supply functions are calculated using the supply in terms of hours, feminization rates and estimated wages in dynamic economic growth functions. The results indicate that the feminization of the labour force bears a positive relationship with growth but that increases in the labour supply (as measured in hours) does not.
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title Economic growth and gender inequality: an analysis of panel data for five Latin American countries
title_short Economic growth and gender inequality: an analysis of panel data for five Latin American countries
title_full Economic growth and gender inequality: an analysis of panel data for five Latin American countries
title_fullStr Economic growth and gender inequality: an analysis of panel data for five Latin American countries
title_full_unstemmed Economic growth and gender inequality: an analysis of panel data for five Latin American countries
title_sort economic growth and gender inequality: an analysis of panel data for five latin american countries
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