Gender Gaps in the Labour Market and Economic Growth

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ID9722394
AuthorsPierre‐Richard Agénor (0000-0001-5720-3544, University of Manchester), Kamer K Ozdemir (World Bank), Emmanuel Pinto Moreira (African Development Bank)
Year2021
Volume88
Issue350
Pages235-270
Publication date2021-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ecca.12363
OpenAlexW4248420467
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited35

This paper studies the effects of policies aimed at mitigating discrimination against women in the marketplace on gender gaps in the labour market, unemployment and long‐run growth. The analysis uses a gender‐based overlapping generations model with labour market rigidities. Gender bias in the workplace varies inversely with the presence of skilled women (who operate as agents of change ) in employment and has a direct impact on their bargaining power in the family. The model is calibrated for Morocco. Experiments show that although the growth effects of policies aimed at mitigating gender bias in the workplace are significant and are magnified through a stronger presence of skilled women in the labour market, a trade‐off may emerge with respect to female unemployment when they are combined with subsidies to women’s training. To mitigate this trade‐off, anti‐discrimination policies in the marketplace may need to be complemented by across‐the‐board measures aimed at reducing labour costs and raising productivity

Bargaining power · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Gender discrimination · Labour economics · Market economy · Productivity · Subsidy · Unemployment · Economic Growth and Productivity · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

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