02035cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015564 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513533384 2617-6750 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Gonzales, Christian. Catalyst for Change : Empowering Women and Tackling Income Inequality / Christian Gonzales, Sonali Jain-Chandra, Kalpana Kochhar, Monique Newiak. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015. 1 online resource (42 pages) Staff Discussion Notes <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This study shows empirically that gender inequality and income inequality are strongly interlinked, even after controlling for standard drivers of income inequality. The study analyzes gender inequality by using and extending the United Nation's Gender Inequality Index (GII) to cover two decades for almost 140 countries,. The main finding is that an increase in the GII from perfect gender equality to perfect inequality is associated with an almost 10 points higher net Gini coefficient. For advanced countries, with higher gender equity in opportunities, income inequality arises mainly through gender gaps in economic participation. For emerging market and developing countries, inequality of opportunity, in particular in education and health, appear to pose larger obstacles to income equality. Mode of access: Internet Jain-Chandra, Sonali. Kochhar, Kalpana. Newiak, Monique. Staff Discussion Notes; Staff Discussion Notes ; No. 2015/020 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/006/2015/020/006.2015.issue-020-en.xml IMF e-Library