Women Are Key for Future Growth : Evidence from Canada /

How important are female workers for economic growth? This paper presents empirical evidence that an increase in female labor force participation is positively associated with labor productivity growth. Using panel data for 10 Canadian provinces over 1990-2015, we found that a 1 percentage point inc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petersson, Bengt
Other Authors: Ishi, Kotaro, Mariscal, Rodrigo
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/166
Online Access:Full text available on IMF