This note studies the long-run impacts of policies aimed at fostering gender equality on economic growth in Brazil. After a brief review of gender issues in Brazil, this note describes a framework for quantifying the growth effects of gender-based policies in developing economies. The analysis is based on a computable overlapping generations (OLG) model that accounts for the impact of access to infrastructure on women's time allocation, as well as...
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2013/03/01
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Resumen
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2013/03/08
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Gender equality and economic growth in Brazil
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Poverty Reduction & Economic Management