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The impact of gender stereotypes on economic growth

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Boschini, Anne () (Dept. of Economics, Stockholm University)

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This paper argues that gender-specific educational choices have macroeconomic consequences in terms of economic growth. The presence of a social norm affecting persons choosing gender atypical educations at the university level generates a suboptimal allocation of ability, which lowers technological change and the stock of human capital, and thus hurts growth. The analysis of a cross-section of 88 countries over the period 1970 to 1998 lends empirical support for the importance of the educational gender stereotypes for economics growth.

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Paper provided by Stockholm University, Department of Economics in its series Research Papers in Economics with number 2003:4.

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Date of creation: 01 Feb 2003
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Keywords: economic growth ability higher education gender-specific educational choices social norms

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I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Social Norms and Social Capital; Social Networks Economic Anthropology

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  1. Stephanie Seguino, 2005. "All Types of Inequality are Not Created Equal: Divergent Impacts of Inequality on Economic Growth," Economics Working Paper Archive wp_433, Levy Economics Institute, The. [Downloadable!]
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