The economic empowerment of women for more productive and inclusive societies

[...]change has come slowly, or not at all, in many other dimensions: gender gaps in salaries, male-female differences in the level of responsibility in house and care work, gaps in asset ownership, and constraints on women's agency in both the private and public spheres all fall into this cate...

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Published in:The OECD observer 2016-06 (308), p.1S-1S
Main Author: Bachelet, Michelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bachelet, Michelle
chile
Dimensions
Economic growth
economics
Empowerment
Equality
GDP
Gender
Gender equity
Gross Domestic Product
health
Income distribution
Innovations
International economic organizations
Labor force
Labor force participation
Labour
Men
michelle bachelet
migration
Ownership
Productivity
Property rights
Sexism
social issues
Spheres
Technological change
Women
Working women
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Summary:[...]change has come slowly, or not at all, in many other dimensions: gender gaps in salaries, male-female differences in the level of responsibility in house and care work, gaps in asset ownership, and constraints on women's agency in both the private and public spheres all fall into this category. The current level of gender-based discrimination is estimated to induce a loss of up to US$12 trillion or 16% of the global income, and OECD research shows that achieving parity in labour force participation rates between men and women in OECD countries could boost global GDP by 12% over the next 20 years.
ISSN:0029-7054
1561-5529
DOI:10.1787/c1958fec-en