Women Empowerment and Economic Development
Women empowerment and economic development are closely related: in one direction, development alone can play a major role in driving down inequality between men and women; in the other direction, empowering women may benefit development. Does this imply that pushing just one of these two levers woul...
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| author | Duflo, Esther |
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| description | Women empowerment and economic development are closely related: in one direction, development alone can play a major role in driving down inequality between men and women; in the other direction, empowering women may benefit development. Does this imply that pushing just one of these two levers would set a virtuous circle in motion? This paper reviews the literature on both sides of the empowerment–development nexus, and argues that the interrelationships are probably too weak to be self-sustaining, and that continuous policy commitment to equality for its own sake may be needed to bring about equality between men and women. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/826632022-10-03T07:34:08Z Women Empowerment and Economic Development Duflo, Esther Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Duflo, Esther Women empowerment and economic development are closely related: in one direction, development alone can play a major role in driving down inequality between men and women; in the other direction, empowering women may benefit development. Does this imply that pushing just one of these two levers would set a virtuous circle in motion? This paper reviews the literature on both sides of the empowerment–development nexus, and argues that the interrelationships are probably too weak to be self-sustaining, and that continuous policy commitment to equality for its own sake may be needed to bring about equality between men and women. 2013-12-06T16:53:23Z 2013-12-06T16:53:23Z 2012-12 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0022-0515 2328-8159 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82663 Duflo, Esther. “Women Empowerment and Economic Development.” Journal of Economic Literature 50, no. 4 (December 2012): 1051-1079. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6105-617X en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jel.50.4.1051 Journal of Economic Literature Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Economic Association MIT web domain |
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