Gender equality and economic diversification /

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Author / Creator:Kazanjian, Romina, author, (IMF staff)
Imprint:[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, [2016]
©2016
Description:1 online resource (29 pages) : color illustrations
Language:English
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/16/140
IMF working paper ; WP/16/140.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12507526
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Other authors / contributors:Kolovich, Lisa, author, (IMF staff)
Kochhar, Kalpana, author, (IMF staff)
Newiak, Monique, author, (IMF staff)
International Monetary Fund, publisher.
International Monetary Fund. African Department, issuing body.
International Monetary Fund. Human Resources Department, issuing body.
International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, issuing body.
ISBN:9781498367738
1498367739
Notes:"July 2016."
At head of title: International Monetary Fund, African Department, Human Resource Department, and Strategy, Policy, and Review Department.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 22-26).
Online resource; title from pdf title page (IMF.org Web site, viewed September 12, 2016).
Summary:We show that gender inequality decreases the variety of goods countries produce and export, in particular in low-income and developing countries. We argue that this happens through at least two channels: first, gender gaps in opportunity, such as lower educational enrollment rates for girls than for boys, harm diversification by constraining the potential pool of human capital available in an economy. Second, gender gaps in the labor market impede the development of new ideas by decreasing the efficiency of the labor force. Our empirical estimates support these hypotheses, providing evidence that gender-friendly policies could help countries diversify their economies.

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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Abstract; I. Motivation; II. Literature Review; III. Empirical Strategy; IV. Results: Gender Inequality Impedes Diversification; V. Conclusions; REFERENCES; TABLES; Table 1. Explaining Export Diversification; Table 2. Explaining Output Diversification; Table 3. Explaining Export Diversification -- Dimensions of Gender Inequality; Table 4. Explaining Output Diversification -- Dimensions of Gender Inequality; Table 5. Explaining Diversification -- Instrumental Variable GMM; FIGURES; Figure 1. Export Product Diversification and Output Growth, 1962-2010. 
505 8 |a Figure 2. Export Diversification and Output Volatility, 1962-2010Figure 3. Export Diversification and Gender Inequality, 1990-2010; Figure 4. Output Diversification and Gender Inequality, 1990-2010; BOXES; Box 1. Defining Export and Output Diversification and Gender Inequality; APPENDIXES; Annex I: Summary Statistics; Annex II: Country Sample. 
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