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Schober T, Winter-Ebmer R. Gender Wage Inequality and Economic Growth: Is There Really a Puzzle?-A Comment. World Dev. 2011;39(8):1476-1484doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.001.
Schober, T., & Winter-Ebmer, R. (2011). Gender Wage Inequality and Economic Growth: Is There Really a Puzzle?-A Comment. World development, 39(8), 1476-1484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.001
Schober, Thomas, and Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf. "Gender Wage Inequality and Economic Growth: Is There Really a Puzzle?-A Comment." World development vol. 39,8 (2011): 1476-1484. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.001
Schober T, Winter-Ebmer R. Gender Wage Inequality and Economic Growth: Is There Really a Puzzle?-A Comment. World Dev. 2011 Aug;39(8):1476-1484. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.001. PMID: 21857765; PMCID: PMC3145160.
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World Dev. 2011 Aug;39(8):1476-1484. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.001.

Gender Wage Inequality and Economic Growth: Is There Really a Puzzle?-A Comment.

World development

Thomas Schober, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

Affiliations

  1. University of Linz, Austria.

PMID: 21857765 PMCID: PMC3145160 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.001

Abstract

Seguino (2000) shows that gender wage discrimination in export-oriented semi-industrialized countries might be fostering investment and growth in general. While the original analysis does not have internationally comparable wage discrimination data, we replicate the analysis using data from a meta-study on gender wage discrimination and do not find any evidence that more discrimination might further economic growth-on the contrary: if anything the impact of gender inequality is negative for growth. Standing up for more gender equality-also in terms of wages-is good for equity considerations and at least not negative for growth.

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