Bandiera, OrianaNatraj, Ashwini2013-04-112013-04-112013-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13170Does the existing evidence support policies that foster growth by reducing gender inequality? The authors argue that the evidence based on differences across countries is of limited use for policy design because it does not identify the causal link from inequality to growth. This, however does not imply that inequality-reducing policies are ineffective. In other words, the lack of evidence of a causal link is not in itself evidence that the causal link does not exist. Detailed micro studies that shed light on the mechanisms through which gender inequality affects development and growth are needed to inform the design of effective policies.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO LANDACCESS TO LOANSAIDAVERAGE LEVELBIRTHSCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL INVESTMENTCASH CROPSCHILD CARECHILD REARINGCIVIL LIBERTIESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECORRUPTIONCOUNTRY DATACOUNTRY OF ORIGINCOUNTRY REGRESSIONSCROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSISCUSTODYDATA SETSDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT REPORTDISCRIMINATORY CUSTOMSDISCRIMINATORY PRACTICESDOMESTIC SAVINGSDRUGSEARLY MARRIAGEECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INEQUALITYECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC POLICYEDUCATED WOMENEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL GENDEREDUCATIONAL GENDER GAPSEFFECTIVE POLICIESEFFECTS OF GENDEREMPIRICAL EVIDENCEEMPOWERMENTEQUAL RIGHTSESTIMATED COEFFICIENTFAMILIESFATHERSFEMALEFEMALE EDUCATIONFEMALE GENITAL MUTILATIONFEMALE LABORFEMALE LABOR FORCEFEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONFEMALE LITERACYFEMALE POPULATIONFEMALESFEMINISTFEMINIST ECONOMICSFERTILITYFERTILITY LEVELSFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY RATESFIXED EFFECTSFUTURE GENERATIONSGENDERGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DIFFERENTIALSGENDER DISCRIMINATIONGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER DIVISION OF LABORGENDER EQUALITYGENDER GAPGENDER GAP IN EDUCATIONGENDER GAP IN PRIMARYGENDER GAPSGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER PARITYGENDER ROLEGENDER ROLESGENDER STEREOTYPESGENDERSGIRLSGLOBAL ECONOMYGOOD GOVERNANCEGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESGROWTH REGRESSIONGROWTH REGRESSIONSHEALTH STATUSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTHUMAN RESOURCESHUSBANDSIMPORTANT POLICYINCOME DATAINCOME GROWTHINCOME REDISTRIBUTIONINDIVIDUAL WOMENINDUSTRIALIZATIONINEQUALITIESINHERITANCEINHERITANCE RIGHTSLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR MARKETLABOUR FORCELABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOUR MARKETLAND PRODUCTIVITYLAND TENURELAWSLEGAL RIGHTSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIBERTIESLIFE EXPECTANCYLITERACY RATESLONG-RUN GROWTHMARRIED WOMENMATERNAL MORTALITYMIGRANTSMODERN MEDICINEMONETARY ECONOMICSMOTHERMOTHERHOODMUSLIM WOMENNEGATIVE EFFECTNEWBORNS0 HYPOTHESISPANEL REGRESSIONSPER-CAPITA INCOMEPILLPOINT ESTIMATESPOLICY CONCERNPOLICY DEBATEPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY GUIDANCEPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOLITICAL RIGHTSPOLYGAMYPOOR COUNTRIESPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPRODUCTIVITYPROGRESSPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC POLICYREDUCED INEQUALITYREDUCING GENDER INEQUALITYREDUCING INEQUALITYRELATIVE PRICESRELATIVE WAGERICHER COUNTRIESRIGHTS FOR WOMENRULE OF LAWSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY ENROLLMENTSECONDARY SCHOOLSEXSIGNIFICANT CORRELATIONSINGLE WOMENSOCIAL CUSTOMSSOCIAL INSTITUTIONSSOCIAL NORMSSURVIVAL RATETECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESSTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADITIONAL FAMILYUNITED NATIONSUNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEVIOLENCEVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENWAGE DISCRIMINATIONWAGE GAPWARWELFARE STATEWIDOWSWILLWIVESWORKFORCEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6369