01911cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF021010 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513546278 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Bertay, Ata Can. Gender Inequality and Economic Growth : Evidence from Industry-Level Data / Ata Can Bertay, Ljubica Dordevic, Can Sever. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020. 1 online resource (42 pages) IMF Working Papers <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 We study whether higher gender equality facilitates economic growth by enabling better allocation of a valuable resource: female labor. By allocating female labor to its more productive use, we hypothesize that reducing gender inequality should disproportionately benefit industries with typically higher female share in their employment relative to other industries. Specifically, we exploit within-country variation across industries to test whether those that typically employ more women grow relatively faster in countries with ex-ante lower gender inequality. The test allows us to identify the causal effect of gender inequality on industry growth in value-added and labor productivity. Our findings show that gender inequality affects real economic outcomes. Mode of access: Internet Dordevic, Ljubica. Sever, Can. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/119 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2020/119/001.2020.issue-119-en.xml IMF e-Library