Fofack, Hippolyte2012-12-212012-12-212012-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11990This paper draws on an expanded growth accounting framework to estimate the relative contribution of women to growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Empirical results show a consistently positive contribution of women to growth in gross domestic product in the region, both during economic downturns and growth spurts. This is despite the absence of any valuation of home-produced goods and informal sector production, which accounts for the bulk of womens production, in national product and income accounts. Women's positive contribution is largely attributed to their increased rates of labor force participation in wage employment and the reduction in the gender gap in education in recent years.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACTUAL GROWTHADVERSE EFFECTSAGGREGATE OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCYAVERAGE GROWTHBARGAININGBARGAINING POWERCAPITA INCOMECAPITA INCOME GROWTHCAPITAL ACCOUNTSCAPITAL ACCUMULATIONCAPITAL FORMATIONCAPITAL INPUTCAPITAL INVESTMENTCAPITAL STOCKCAPITAL-LABORCAPITAL-LABOR RATIOCIVIL WARCONSTANT RETURNSCONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMENCREDIT CONSTRAINTSCROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSISDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDEMOGRAPHIC FACTORSDEPRECIATION RATE OF CAPITALDETERMINANTS OF GROWTHDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENDIVISION OF LABORDRIVERSECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC CONTRACTIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC DOWNTURNSECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC HISTORYECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC SPHEREEDUCATED WOMENEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL GENDEREDUCATIONAL GENDER GAPSEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEEMPIRICAL RESULTSEMPIRICAL STUDIESEMPLOYMENTEXOGENOUS VARIABLEFACTORS OF PRODUCTIONFEMALE EDUCATIONFEMALE ENTREPRENEURSFEMALE LABORFEMALE LABOR FORCEFEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONFEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCYFEMALE WORKERSFEMINISTFEMINIST ECONOMICSFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFORMS OF DISCRIMINATIONFORMS OF GENDERGENDERGENDER BIASGENDER DISCRIMINATIONGENDER DIVISION OF LABORGENDER EQUALITYGENDER GAPGENDER GAP IN EDUCATIONGENDER INEQUALITIESGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER NEUTRALGENDER NORMSGENDER PARITYGENDER PARITY INDEXGENDER ROLEGENDER ROLESGENDER WAGE GAPSGIRLSGLOBAL CONSENSUSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTGROWTH ACCOUNTINGGROWTH COMPONENTGROWTH IMPACTGROWTH MODELGROWTH PATHGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH PROCESSGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESGROWTH THEORYGROWTH TRAGEDYHIGH CONCENTRATIONHIGH POPULATION GROWTHHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTINCREASE IN LABORINCREASING RETURNSINFORMAL SECTORINHERITANCEINVENTORYLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR INPUTLABOR MARKETLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLABOR SUPPLYLAND OWNERSHIPLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLIMITED RESOURCESLONG-RUN GROWTHLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMARKET ECONOMIESMOBILITY OF WOMENNATIONAL ACCOUNTSNEGATIVE EFFECTNEGATIVE IMPACTNEOCLASSICAL GROWTH MODELOCCUPATIONAL MOBILITYOUTPUT GROWTHOUTPUT RATIOPER CAPITA GROWTHPER CAPITA INCOMEPOINT ESTIMATESPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH REPORT ON GENDERPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPOPULATION INCREASESPOPULATION PRESSUREPOPULATION SIZEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRODUCTION FUNCTIONPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROGRESSRAPID POPULATION GROWTHRELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONRELIGIOUS BELIEFSRESPECTRURAL AREASSEXUAL DIVISION OF LABORSIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONSKILLED WORKERSSOCIAL COSTSSOCIAL NORMSSTANDARD DEVIATIONSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTSUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURETECHNICAL EFFICIENCYTECHNOLOGICAL CHANGETFPTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYUNITED NATIONSURBAN AREASURBAN MIGRATIONWAGE DIFFERENTIALSWDRWOMANWOMEN WORKERSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6153