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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World Bank, Washington, DC

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

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DOI http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16563195/accounting-gender-production-growth-accounting-framework-sub-saharan-africa https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11990

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

2012

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