Is Growth Good for Women?

34 Pages Posted: 5 Feb 2005

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Ann L. Owen

Hamilton College - Economics Department

Rongling You

Hamilton College

Date Written: January 2005

Abstract

Using cross-country data, we find that attitudes towards women are more progressive as income rises and that the quality and quantity of women's human capital increases with income. Prior to presenting these empirical results, we first demonstrate the importance of these relationships with a simple model that shows how a feedback loop between attitudes towards women, investment in women's human capital, and income affects the dynamic path of the economy. Depending on the nature of the relationship between income and attitudes towards women, we identify the possibility of a gender equity poverty trap.

Keywords: Attitudes, growth, gender equity, human capital

JEL Classification: 011, 040, J16, J24

Suggested Citation

Owen, Ann L. and You, Rongling, Is Growth Good for Women? (January 2005). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=650141 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.650141

Ann L. Owen (Contact Author)

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Rongling You

Hamilton College ( email )

198 College Hill Road
Clinton, NY 13323
United States

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