Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications

By O. Bandiera, Ashwini Natraj. 2013

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Does the existing evidence support policies that foster growth by reducing gender inequality? The authors argue that the evidence based on differences across countries is of limited use for policy design because it does not identify the causal link from inequality to growth. This, however does not imply that inequality-reducing policies are ineffective. In other words, the lack of evidence of a causal link is not in itself evidence that the causal link does not exist. Detailed micro studies that shed light on the mechanisms through which gender inequality affects development and growth are needed to inform the design of effective policies.

Subfields: Gender Studies, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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The Impact of Gender Inequality on Economic Performance in Developing Countries (2018, methodology): “When examining the relationship between gender inequality and economic performance, reverse causality can be an issue and unobserved heterogeneity is bound to be a problem (Bandiera and Natraj, 2012; Dollar and Gatti, 1999).”
Discrimination, Social Capital, and Financial Constraints: The Case of Viet Nam (2017, background): “These inconclusive results might be explained by country-speciﬁc characteristics like different levels of gender inequality (Bandiera & Natraj, 2013) or different levels of female entrepreneurship (Baughn, Chua, & Neupert, 2006).”