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Unrealized Potential: The High Cost of Gender Inequality in Earnings

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dc.contributor.authorWodon, Quentin T.
dc.contributor.authorde la Brière, Bénédicte
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-30T13:23:08Z
dc.date.available2018-05-30T13:23:08Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-01
dc.description.abstractThis first note in the series on the cost of gender inequality focuses on the losses in national wealth due to gender inequality in earnings. There is a substantial literature on the impact of gender inequality on economic growth and performance. By focusing on wealth, the approach usedfor measurement in this note is different. Wealth is the assets base that enables countries to produce income Gross Domestic Product or GDP). A country’s wealth includes various types of capital. Produced capital comes from investments in assets such as factories, equipment, or infrastructure. Natural capital includes assets such as agricultural land and other renewable and non-renewable natural resources. However, the largest component of countries’ wealth typically resides in their people. As noted in the recent World Bank study on the Changing Wealth of Nations, human capital measured as the present value of the future earnings of the labor force accounts for two thirds of global wealth. If gender equality in earnings were achieved, countries could increase their human capital wealth, and thereby their total wealth substantially. This would enable them to strengthen the sustainability of their development path. Gender inequality has major economic implications forwomen, communities, and countries in a range of areas. While the cost of gender inequality – in terms of human capital losses - for development is not solely due to losses in earnings, the impact of gender inequality on earnings is key. This is the area on which this note focuses.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/172021527258723053/Unrealized-potential-the-high-cost-of-gender-inequality-in-earnings
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/29865
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29865
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThe Cost of Gender Inequality
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectGENDER INEQUALITY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectGENDER DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectLABOR POLICY
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLABOR SKILLS
dc.subjectFEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
dc.subjectSMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
dc.titleUnrealized Potentialen
dc.title.subtitleThe High Cost of Gender Inequality in Earningsen
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okr.crossref.titleUnrealized Potential
okr.date.disclosure2018-05-30
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Women in Development and Gender Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/172021527258723053/Unrealized-potential-the-high-cost-of-gender-inequality-in-earnings
okr.guid172021527258723053
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/29865
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum29926177
okr.identifier.report126579
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.topicGender::Gender and Social Development
okr.unitGlobal Themes Department- Gender (GTGDR)
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