Gender Equality and Long-Run Growth |
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Authors: | Nils-Petter Lagerlöf |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Economics, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Canada, ON, M3J 1P3 |
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Abstract: | This research suggests that long-run economic and demographic development in Europe can be better understood when related to long-term trends in gender equality, dating back to the spread of Christianity. We set up a growth model where gaps in female-to-male human capital arise at equilibrium through a coordination process. An economy which over a long stretch of time re-coordinates on continuously more equal equilibria—as one could argue happened in Europe—exhibits growth patterns qualitatively similar to that of Europe. |
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Keywords: | gender equality long-run growth coordination |
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