Gender Equality and Economic Growth in Brazil : A Long-run Analysis

Agénor, Pierre-Richard; Canuto, Otaviano

Gender Equality and Economic Growth in Brazil : A Long-run Analysis

2013

Agénor, Pierre-Richard | Canuto, Otaviano

This paper studies the long-run impact of policies aimed at fostering gender equality on economic growth in Brazil. The first part provides a brief review of gender issues in the country. The second part presents a gender-based, three-period OLG model that accounts for women's time allocation between market work, child rearing, human capital accumulation, and home production. Bargaining between spouses depends on relative human capital stocks, and thus indirectly on access to infrastructure. The model is calibrated and various experiments are conducted, including investment in infrastructure, conditional cash transfers, a reduction in gender bias in the market place, and a composite pro-growth, pro-gender reform program. The analysis showed that fostering gender equality, which may partly depend on the externalities that infrastructure creates in terms of women's time allocation and bargaining power, may have a substantial impact on long-run growth in Brazil.

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adolescent fertility aged bargaining power benchmarks child care child health death rate developing countries development economics discrimination economic growth elasticity empowerment equilibrium extreme poverty families females gender equality growth rate health care health services human capital illiteracy isolation labour labour market laws macroeconomics mortality nutrition old age pregnancy primary education productivity public health public services reproductive health resource allocation retirement savings sex social norms taxation unemployment wages workers workforce

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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Labor force participation; Labor productivity; Number of children; Role of gender; Basic health care; Constant returns to scale; Policy analysis; Utility functions; Development policy; Gdp; Family resources; Family income; National plan; Clinics; Comparative advantage; Gender differences; Fertility rate; Number of people; Public health services; Progress; Female labor; Married couples; Policy brief; Woman; Level of education; Home; Male participation; Market wage; Competitive equilibrium; Literacy rates; Medical facilities; Adverse effect; Adult population; Policy research; Will; Number of adults; Income inequality; Gender inequalities; Educated mothers; Young children; Access to education; International food policy research institute; Compensating wage differentials; Job training; Life expectancy; Number of children per family; Gender gap; Population size; Economics of education; Mother; Maternal mortality; Policies on gender; Wife; Policy implications; Labor market; Rate of growth; International policy; Poor families; Infrastructure investment; Externalities; Household assets; Work force; Marginal product; Drivers; Gender inequality; Lam; Minimum wage; Growth policy; Real gdp; Market wages; Husbands; Competitiveness; Policy research working paper; Tax revenues; Benchmark; Human development; Parliamentary seats; Public policy; Levels of education; Number of births; Skill level; Gender gaps; Female labor force; Child labor; Gender sensitivity; Policy discussions; Family consumption; Wage differentials; Labor supply; Impact of policies; School attendance; Mother to child; Wives; Tertiary education; Dropout; Social programs; Spouses; Gender bias; Unemployment rate; Family preference; Early retirement; Health outcomes; Gender issues; Family ¯ preference; Unemployed; Gender discrimination; Impact on health; Family preferences; Child rearing; Maternal mortality ratio; Production function; Respect; Economic surveys; Utility function; Bargaining; Self employed; Discriminatory practices; Gender awareness; Female; Workplace; Fiscal policy; Profit maximization; Bonds; Budget constraints; Discount rate

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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6348http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/World BankCC BY 3.0 Unported

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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6348

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