IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/imf/imfwpa/2001-094.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

The Gender Gap in Education in Eritrea in 1991-1998: A Missed Opportunity?

Author

Listed:
  • Mr. Joshua Comenetz
  • Mr. Ales Bulir
  • Ms. Zuzana Brixiova

Abstract

This paper shows that during the 1990s, and before the 1998-2000 border war with Eritrea, the gender gap in education in Eritrea has widened on the national level, and large regional disparities have persisted. The gender gap appears to be linked to lower female teacher participation and limited employment opportunities. The widening of the gender gap is likely to have a long-term negative impact on both economic growth and poverty reduction.

Suggested Citation

  • Mr. Joshua Comenetz & Mr. Ales Bulir & Ms. Zuzana Brixiova, 2001. "The Gender Gap in Education in Eritrea in 1991-1998: A Missed Opportunity?," IMF Working Papers 2001/094, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:2001/094
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=15208
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Dan Connell, 1998. "Strategies for change: women & politics in Eritrea & South Africa," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(76), pages 189-206.
    2. Thorbecke, Erik & Jung, Hong-Sang, 1996. "A multiplier decomposition method to analyze poverty alleviation," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(2), pages 279-300, March.
    3. Berta Esteve-Volart, 2000. "Sex Discrimination and Growth," IMF Working Papers 2000/084, International Monetary Fund.
    4. Subbarao, K & Raney, Laura, 1995. "Social Gains from Female Education: A Cross-National Study," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 44(1), pages 105-128, October.
    5. Bellew, Rosemary & King,Elizabeth M., 1991. "Promoting girls'and women's education : lessons from the past," Policy Research Working Paper Series 715, The World Bank.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Katrin Elborgh-Woytek & Monique Newiak & Kalpana Kochhar & Stefania Fabrizio & Kangni R Kpodar & Philippe Wingender & Benedict J. Clements & Gerd Schwartz, 2013. "Women, Work, and the Economy; Macroeconomic Gains from Gender Equity," IMF Staff Discussion Notes 13/10, International Monetary Fund.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Haider A. Khan, 2007. "Social Accounting Matrix: A Very Short Introduction for Economic Modeling," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-477, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
    2. Khan, Haider A., 1999. "Sectoral Growth and Poverty Alleviation: A Multiplier Decomposition Technique Applied to South Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 27(3), pages 521-530, March.
    3. Effendi, Yuventus & Resosudarmo, Budy, 2020. "Development of Renewable Energy in ASEAN Countries: Socio-economic and Environmental Impacts," Conference papers 333229, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
    4. Danny Leung & Oana Secrieru, 2012. "Real-Financial Linkages In The Canadian Economy: An Input--Output Approach," Economic Systems Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(2), pages 195-223, September.
    5. Smith, Lisa C. & Haddad, Lawrence James, 1999. "Explaining child malnutrition in developing countries," FCND discussion papers 60, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    6. Baliamoune–Lutz, Mina & McGillivray, Mark, 2015. "The impact of gender inequality in education on income in Africa and the Middle East," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 1-11.
    7. Diao, Xinshen & Hazell, Peter & Resnick, Danielle & Thurlow, James, 2006. "The role of agriculture in development: implications for Sub-Saharan Africa," DSGD discussion papers 29, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    8. Marcel Fafchamps & Agnes R. Quisumbing, 1999. "Human Capital, Productivity, and Labor Allocation in Rural Pakistan," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 34(2), pages 369-406.
    9. Ayona Bhattacharjee & Kshitij Awasthi, 2022. "How Does Education Affect Health Beliefs? A Case of Women in India," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 41(3), pages 189-201, September.
    10. Amaia Altuzarra & Catalina Gálvez-Gálvez & Ana González-Flores, 2021. "Is Gender Inequality a Barrier to Economic Growth? A Panel Data Analysis of Developing Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-21, January.
    11. R. Radhakrishna & K. Hanumantha Rao & C. Ravi & B. Sambi Reddy, 2006. "Estimation and determinants of chronic poverty in India: An Alternative approach," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers 2006-007, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.
    12. Thurlow, James & Yang, Ling & Lahr, Michael L., 2012. "The (Declining) Role of Households in Sustaining China's Economy: Structural Path Analysis for 1997-2007," WIDER Working Paper Series 083, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    13. Aparna Rao & Risa Morimoto, 2020. "An Analysis of the use of Chemical Pesticides and their Impact on Yields, Farmer Income and Agricultural Sustainability: The Case for Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia," Working Papers 234, Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK.
    14. Khan, Haider, 2024. "Ecological Thinking of Tagore and Ecological Equity: A 21st Century Perspective," MPRA Paper 119665, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    15. Yuventus Effendi & Budy Resosudarmo, 2022. "Construction Of An East Asia Inter-regional Social Accounting Matrix: A Manual," Working Papers in Economics and Development Studies (WoPEDS) 202202, Department of Economics, Padjadjaran University, revised Oct 2022.
    16. Seguino, Stephanie, 2011. "Help or Hindrance? Religion's Impact on Gender Inequality in Attitudes and Outcomes," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 39(8), pages 1308-1321, August.
    17. Naghsh Nejad, Maryam, 2013. "Institutionalized Inequality and Brain Drain: An Empirical Study of the Effects of Women's Rights on the Gender Gap in High-Skilled Migration," IZA Discussion Papers 7864, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    18. Decaluwe, B. & Patry, A. & Savard, L. & Thorbecke, E., 1999. "Poverty Analysis Within a General Equilibrium Framework," Papers 9909, Laval - Recherche en Politique Economique.
    19. Rena, Ravinder, 2007. "The Women Employment In Eritrea – Reflections From Pre And Post-Independence Period," MPRA Paper 10792, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    20. Viet Cuong, Nguyen, 2011. "Does Agriculture Help Poverty and Inequality Reduction? Evidence from Vietnam," Agricultural Economics Review, Greek Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 11(1), pages 1-13, February.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:2001/094. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Akshay Modi (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/imfffus.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.