Accounting for Gender Production from a Growth Accounting Framework in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fofack, Hippolyte

Accounting for Gender Production from a Growth Accounting Framework in Sub-Saharan Africa

2012

Fofack, Hippolyte

This paper draws on an expanded growth accounting framework to estimate the relative contribution of women to growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Empirical results show a consistently positive contribution of women to growth in gross domestic product in the region, both during economic downturns and growth spurts. This is despite the absence of any valuation of home-produced goods and informal sector production, which accounts for the bulk of womens production, in national product and income accounts. Women's positive contribution is largely attributed to their increased rates of labor force participation in wage employment and the reduction in the gender gap in education in recent years.

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agricultural production bargaining power capital formation developing countries development indicators economic development economic growth employment fertility gender gender equality gender norms gross domestic product gross national product growth rate growth theory human capital informal sector land ownership market economies occupational mobility population pressure poverty reduction rural areas social costs social norms structural adjustment united nations urban areas

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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Population increases; High population growth; Growth model; Economic contraction; Factors of production; Empirical results; Growth impact; Gender gap; Gender bias; Labor force participation; Rapid population growth; Actual growth; Life expectancy; Developing world; Demographic changes; Feminist economics; Growth tragedy; Capital-labor ratio; Policy research; Skilled workers; Economic empowerment; Tfp; Female education; Progress; Adverse effects; Level of education; Political economy; Population size; Point estimates; Economic sphere; Female workers; Labor market; Gender inequality; Capital input; Inventory; Total factor productivity; Discrimination against women; Economic history; Capital stock; Labor productivity; Technical efficiency; Growth path; Population growth rate; National accounts; Gender parity index; Labor force; Labor supply; Output growth; Growth process; Growth performance; Economic activity; Educational attainment; Human development report; Mobility of women; Wdr; Significant reduction; Gender neutral; Negative effect; Policy implications; Output ratio; Gender discrimination; Empirical studies; Growth component; Inheritance; Capita income; Economic performance; Constant returns; Development policy; Educated women; Cross-country analysis; Neoclassical growth model; Long-run growth; Wage differentials; Female labor force; Gender inequalities; Drivers; Limited resources; Determinants of growth; Educational gender gaps; Human development; Feminist; Educational gender; Capital accounts; Capita income growth; Policy discussions; Increasing returns; Fertility rate; Empirical evidence; Girls; Subsistence agriculture; Policy research report on gender; Relative contribution; Woman; Productivity growth; Per capita growth; Negative impact; Respect; Gender role; Poverty rates; Standard deviation; Female entrepreneurs; Production function; Policy research working paper; High concentration; Exogenous variable; Gender gap in education; Gender parity; Capital-labor; Sexual division of labor; Gender roles; Depreciation rate of capital; Religious beliefs; Capital accumulation; Demographic factors; Forms of gender; Allocative efficiency; Global consensus; Technological change; Increase in labor; Female labor force participation; Aggregate output; Forms of discrimination; Urban migration; Bargaining; Civil war; Female life expectancy; Gender wage gaps; Economic downturns; Low-income countries; Credit constraints; Growth rates; Division of labor; Female labor; Growth accounting; Per capita income; Gender division of labor; Women workers; Average growth; Labor input; Capital investment; Contributions of women

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Policy Research working paper;no. WPS 6153http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/World BankCC BY 3.0 Unported

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Policy Research working paper;no. WPS 6153

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2012

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