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The impact of gender inequality in education and employment on economic growth in developing Countries : updates and extensions

Klasen, Stephan; Lamanna, Francesca - 2008

Using cross-country and panel regressions, we investigate to what extent gender gaps in education and employment … to employment gaps using panel data. We find that gender gaps in education and employment significantly reduce economic … growth. The combined ‘costs’ of education and employment gaps in Middle East and North Africa and South Asia amount …

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The impact of gender inequality in education and employment on economic growth : new evidence for a panel of countries

Klasen, Stephan; Lamanna, Francesca - In: Feminist economics 15 (2009) 3, pp. 91-132

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Growing through Cities in Developing Countries

Duranton, Gilles - 2014

This paper examines the effects of urbanization on development and growth. It begins with a labor market perspective and emphasizes the importance of agglomeration economies, both static and dynamic. It then argues that more productive jobs in cities do not exist in a void and underscores the...

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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Brazil country study

Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015

employment composition improved, the educational level of workers rose, the share of registered workers increased, and average …

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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Dominican Republic country study

Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015

employment composition by occupation and position; a substantial fall in labour earnings; and no progress in reducing poverty …

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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Uruguay country study

Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015

The Uruguayan story was one of declines in the early years of the 2000s in most indicators, followed by improvements in all of them. Economic growth was negative in the early years due to a severe economic crisis, positive and rapid thereafter except during the international crisis of 2008. Most...

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Demographic dividends, gender equality, and economic growth : the case of Cabo Verde

Marone, Heloisa - 2016

. The study investigates gender gaps in the labor market participation rate, employment conditions, and the use of time … employability, and enable them to secure employment. Overall, this study contributes to the debate on how better to manage the …

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Making Africa work : a handbook for economic success

Mills, Greg; Herbst, Jeffrey Ira; Davis, Dickie - 2017

Over the next generation, Sub-Saharan Africa faces three big, inter-related challenges. Its population will double to 2 billion by 2045. By then, more than half of Africans will be living in cities. And this group of mostly young people will be connected with each other and the world through...

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The relationship between economic development and female labor force participation rate : a panel data analysis

Tasseven, Ozlem - In: Global financial crisis and it's ramifications on …, (pp. 555-568). 2017

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Growth, employment, poverty and inequality in Tanzania

Kinyondo, Abel; Pelizzo, Riccardo - 2018

This paper shows that in Tanzania, economic growth contributes to job creation and employment opportunities, however … Bureau of Statistics, the paper provides an explanation as to why the creation of wealth and employment opportunities in …

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