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Does gender inequality reduce growth in sub-Saharan African and Arab countries? Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina and McGillivray, Mark 2009, Does gender inequality reduce growth in sub-Saharan African and Arab countries?, African development review, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 224-242. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Does gender inequality reduce growth in sub-Saharan African and Arab countries? Author(s) Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina McGillivray, Mark Journal name African development review Volume number 21 Issue number 2 Start page 224 End page 242 Total pages 19 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Place of publication Oxford, England Publication date 2009-09 ISSN 1017-6772 1467-8268 Summary This paper uses 1974 to 2001 panel data for 31 sub-Saharan African and 10 Arab countries and Arellano–Bond estimations to empirically assess the impact on growth of an important indicator associated with MDG 3; namely the ratio of 15–24-year-old literate females to males. Our findings indicate that gender inequalities in literacy have a statistically significant negative effect that is robust to changes in the specification. In addition, it seems that gender inequality has a stronger effect on growth in Arab countries. Interestingly, we find that the interaction between openness to trade and gender inequality has a positive impact. This result suggests that trade-induced growth may be accompanied by greater gender inequalities. Notes Published Online: 23 Jul 2009 Language eng Field of Research 140202 Economic Development and Growth Socio Economic Objective 970114 Expanding Knowledge in Economics HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, The Authors. Journal compilation & African Development Bank Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30028874 Document type: Journal Article Collection: Alfred Deakin Research Institute Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 26 May 2010, 16:06:43 EST Mon, 12 Jul 2010, 10:20:20 EST Mon, 12 Jul 2010, 10:21:42 EST Mon, 12 Jul 2010, 10:22:55 EST Mon, 12 Jul 2010, 10:27:43 EST Mon, 12 Jul 2010, 10:28:44 EST Mon, 12 Jul 2010, 10:29:50 EST Thu, 22 Jul 2010, 10:01:32 EST Fri, 23 Jul 2010, 09:36:50 EST Fri, 09 Mar 2012, 10:31:15 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 5 times in TR Web of Science Cited 7 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 356 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 26 May 2010, 16:06:43 EST

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