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Does empowerment through corruption reduce gender inequalities? The case of women in sub-Saharan Africa

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  • J. F. Landry Ngono, F. Martiale Petga

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The objective of this study is to determine how perception of corruption affects the relationship between women’s empowerment and gender inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa. To do this, it uses two estimators of the generalized method of moments on a sample of 45 countries between 2002 and 2021. It shows that empowerment produces beneficial effects in reducing gender inequalities in countries working to fight corruption. Especially regarding economic empowerment, a government integrity rating of at least 25% is required. This threshold rises to 31% for political empowerment and on average to 32% for social empowerment. These thresholds vary between the different components of each component, but they remain between 25 and 35%.

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  • J. F. Landry Ngono, F. Martiale Petga, 2024. "Does empowerment through corruption reduce gender inequalities? The case of women in sub-Saharan Africa," European Journal of Comparative Economics, Cattaneo University (LIUC), vol. 21(2), pages 285-321, December.
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    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • K0 - Law and Economics - - General

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