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The Impact of Gender Equality on Green Innovation

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  • Xi-Li Lin
  • Hua-Tang Yin

    (School of Economics and Finance, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)

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Employing a panel of 166 economies covering 1996 – 2018, we investigate the impact of gender equality on green innovation. Our findings indicate that an improvement in gender equality improves green innovation performance. This result is supported by a series of robustness tests. Additionally, we also find that this positive effect tends to be higher in economies with violent conflicts.

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  • Xi-Li Lin & Hua-Tang Yin, 2024. "The Impact of Gender Equality on Green Innovation," Energy RESEARCH LETTERS, Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association, vol. 4(3), pages 1-5.
    • Handle: RePEc:ayb:jrnerl:83
    DOI: 2024/07/08
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    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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