“One Belt One Road” and women development
Abstract Women have become “the source of prosperity and vitality” through their active participation in national economic development. This paper provides the first study to explore the impact of the “One Belt One Road” initiative (Belt and Road Initiative [BRI]) on women's development, which...
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| description | Abstract Women have become “the source of prosperity and vitality” through their active participation in national economic development. This paper provides the first study to explore the impact of the “One Belt One Road” initiative (Belt and Road Initiative [BRI]) on women's development, which is mainly indicated by gender inequality index (GII). We adopt the difference‐in‐difference method for Asia–Europe regions from 2010 to 2019, and the propensity score matching method is further supplemented for refining the control group. The result suggests a robust negative effect of the BRI on gender inequality, and the decrease in GII caused by the BRI accounts for 33.01%. In addition, a deeper analysis is performed on subindices from multiple dimensions. We find that there has been a significant decrease in maternal mortality due to the policy. Besides, the female population has a larger increase in secondary education compared with men. Moreover, a clear labour shift has been found from family and agricultural labour to high‐value‐added industries and services. The BRI also helps improve the unfavourable condition in backward countries, which is conducive to narrowing the gap in women's development among countries along the route. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6941100fbb94d1fa4e6ba7f7579e8eb2023-12-12T12:17:25ZengWileyInternational Studies of Economics2831-32242023-12-0118439442910.1002/ise3.50“One Belt One Road” and women developmentMingying Zhu0Zhiren Hu1Department of Industrial Economics, School of Economics Nanjing University Nanjing Jiangsu ChinaSchool of Geography and Ocean Science Nanjing University Nanjing Jiangsu ChinaAbstract Women have become “the source of prosperity and vitality” through their active participation in national economic development. This paper provides the first study to explore the impact of the “One Belt One Road” initiative (Belt and Road Initiative [BRI]) on women's development, which is mainly indicated by gender inequality index (GII). We adopt the difference‐in‐difference method for Asia–Europe regions from 2010 to 2019, and the propensity score matching method is further supplemented for refining the control group. The result suggests a robust negative effect of the BRI on gender inequality, and the decrease in GII caused by the BRI accounts for 33.01%. In addition, a deeper analysis is performed on subindices from multiple dimensions. We find that there has been a significant decrease in maternal mortality due to the policy. Besides, the female population has a larger increase in secondary education compared with men. Moreover, a clear labour shift has been found from family and agricultural labour to high‐value‐added industries and services. The BRI also helps improve the unfavourable condition in backward countries, which is conducive to narrowing the gap in women's development among countries along the route.https://doi.org/10.1002/ise3.50difference‐in‐differenceOne Belt One Roadpropensity score matchingwomen development |
| spellingShingle | Mingying Zhu Zhiren Hu “One Belt One Road” and women development International Studies of Economics difference‐in‐difference One Belt One Road propensity score matching women development |
| title | “One Belt One Road” and women development |
| title_full | “One Belt One Road” and women development |
| title_fullStr | “One Belt One Road” and women development |
| title_full_unstemmed | “One Belt One Road” and women development |
| title_short | “One Belt One Road” and women development |
| title_sort | one belt one road and women development |
| topic | difference‐in‐difference One Belt One Road propensity score matching women development |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ise3.50 |
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