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Gender Wage Inequality and Economic Growth: Is There Really a Puzzle?

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Schober, Thomas (University of Linz)
Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf () (University of Linz)

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Seguino (2000) shows that gender wage discrimination in export-oriented semi-industrialized countries might be fostering investment and growth in general. While the original analysis does not have internationally comparable wage discrimination data, we replicate the analysis using data from a meta-study on gender wage discrimination and do not find any evidence that more discrimination might further economic growth – on the contrary: if anything the impact of gender inequality is negative for growth. Standing up for more gender equality – also in terms of wages – is good for equity considerations and at least not negative for growth.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 4323.

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Keywords: growth; gender wage gap;

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J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
O15 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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