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dc.titleClosing Gender Gaps in the Southern Cone: An Untapped Potential for Growth (Executive Summary)
dc.contributor.authorFrisancho, Verónica
dc.contributor.authorQueijo Von Heideken, Virginia
dc.contributor.editorFrisancho, Verónica
dc.contributor.editorQueijo Von Heideken, Virginia
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Southern Cone
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageParaguay
dc.coverageUruguay
dc.coverageSouthern Cone
dc.date.available2022-06-01T12:00:18
dc.date.issue2022-06-01T00:04:00
dc.description.abstractIn this volume, we study gender gaps in the Southern Cone countries which include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. We assess the importance of gender inequalities and present evidence on their economic consequences, their drivers, and the policy tools that can contribute to mitigating them. Gender gaps in access to public services, human capital accumulation, and the labor market limit overall productivity and economic growth, and policies that mitigate these inequalities have the potential to foster economic development and wellbeing. In our current context, a global pandemic has highlighted and even widened gender gaps, meaning policymakers are in urgent need of a new set of policies that can foster gender parity in the recovery phase. This volume is thus a timely compendium of solid evidence to design policies that can effectively tackle gender disparities in Southern Cone countries.
dc.format.extent7
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004177
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Closing-Gender-Gaps-in-the-Southern-Cone-An-Untapped-Potential-for-Growth-Executive-Summary.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Cerrando-brechas-de-genero-en-el-Cono-Sur-un-potencial-de-crecimiento-desaprovechado-Resumen-Ejecutivo.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/portuguese/document/Eliminando-as-Desigualdades-de-gnero-no-cone-sul-Potencial-de-crescimento-inexplorado-Resumo-Executivo.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectLabor Market
dc.subjectGender Gap
dc.subjectFemale Employment
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectHuman Capital
dc.subjectGender Equality
dc.subjectGender Discrimination
dc.subjectWorkforce and Employment
dc.subjectEconomy
dc.subject.jelcodeI26 - Returns to Education
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity
dc.subject.jelcodeJ46 - Informal Labor Markets
dc.subject.jelcodeO11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeO19 - International Linkages to Development • Role of International Organizations
dc.subject.jelcodeR12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
dc.subject.jelcodeR14 - Land Use Patterns
dc.subject.jelcodeR41 - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion • Travel Time • Safety and Accidents • Transportation Noise
dc.subject.jelcodeI24 - Education and Inequality
dc.subject.keywordswomen labor market participation;gender gaps;Investments in female human capital
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00637
idb.operationRG-T3276
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