Holdings: Gender Equality and Economic Growth in Brazil : A Long-run Analysis

Gender Equality and Economic Growth in Brazil : A Long-run Analysis

This paper studies the long-run impact of policies aimed at fostering gender equality on economic growth in Brazil. The first part provides a brief review of gender issues in the country. The second part presents a gender-based, three-period OLG mo...

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Main Authors:	Agénor, Pierre-Richard, Canuto, Otaviano
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADULT POPULATION ADVERSE EFFECT AGED BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER BASIC HEALTH CARE BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS BONDS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILD REARING CLINICS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPENSATING WAGE DIFFERENTIALS COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE DEATH RATE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCOUNT RATE DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DRIVERS DROPOUT EARLY RETIREMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SURVEYS ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATED MOTHERS ELASTICITY EMPOWERMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXTERNALITIES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FAMILY CONSUMPTION FAMILY INCOME FAMILY PREFERENCE FAMILY PREFERENCES FAMILY RESOURCES FAMILY ¯ PREFERENCE FEMALE FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALES FERTILITY RATE FISCAL POLICY GDP GENDER AWARENESS GENDER BIAS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GENDER SENSITIVITY GROWTH POLICY GROWTH RATE HEALTH CARE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HOME HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBANDS ILLITERACY IMPACT OF POLICIES IMPACT ON HEALTH INCOME INEQUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL POLICY ISOLATION JOB TRAINING LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LAM LAWS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LITERACY RATES MACROECONOMICS MALE PARTICIPATION MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET WAGE MARKET WAGES MARRIED COUPLES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MEDICAL FACILITIES MINIMUM WAGE MORTALITY MOTHER MOTHER TO CHILD NATIONAL PLAN NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF CHILDREN PER FAMILY NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION OLD AGE PARLIAMENTARY SEATS POLICIES ON GENDER POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY BRIEF POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR FAMILIES POPULATION SIZE PREGNANCY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MAXIMIZATION PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES RATE OF GROWTH REAL GDP REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RETIREMENT ROLE OF GENDER SAVINGS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SELF EMPLOYED SEX SKILL LEVEL SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SPOUSES TAX REVENUES TAXATION TERTIARY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY FUNCTIONS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WORK FORCE WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKPLACE YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17498161/gender-equality-economic-growth-brazil-long-run-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13174

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13174

Gender Equality and Economic Growth in Brazil : A Long-run Analysis

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