Gender Inequalities and Economic Growth: A Longitudinal Evaluation

There have been few systematic cross-national studies of global changes in women's status and gender inequality over time. The study analyzes and further develops a new set of data on women's status and gender inequality to evaluate the cross-sectional relationship between economic growth...

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Published in:Economic development and cultural change 2000-04, Vol.48 (3), p.573-617
Main Authors: Forsythe, Nancy, Korzeniewicz, Roberto Patricio, Durrant, Valerie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cross cultural studies
Cultural change
Database models
Debates
Development strategies
Discrimination
Economic analysis
Economic development
Economic Growth
Economic models
Economic theory
Employment
Empowerment
Evaluation
Feminism
Feminist perspectives
Gender
Gender equality
Gender equity
Gender inequalities
Gender inequality
Guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitors
Human capital
Inequality
International cooperation
Labor market
Men
Modeling
Modernization
Muslims
Political power
Relationship
Social sciences
Society
Studies
Trends
Women
Women's status
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Summary:There have been few systematic cross-national studies of global changes in women's status and gender inequality over time. The study analyzes and further develops a new set of data on women's status and gender inequality to evaluate the cross-sectional relationship between economic growth and these variables, as well as the cross-national, longitudinal impact of economic growth on changes in women's status and gender inequality. The findings reported address key questions in the evolving debate over the character of gender differentiation and the goals of women's empowerment. Have strategies of economic growth in recent decades served to enhance or undermine the status of women? Are changes in the status of women accompanied by significant changes in gender inequality? What are the implications for existing debates? These are the key issues addressed in this article.
ISSN:0013-0079
1539-2988
DOI:10.1086/452611