Low Schooling for Girls, Slower Growth for All? Cross-Country Evidence on the Effect of Gender Inequality in Education on Economic Development

Using cross-country and panel
\n regressions, this article investigates how gender inequality
\n in education affects long-term economic growth. Such
\n inequality is found to have an effect on economic growth
\n that is robust to changes in specifications and controls for
\n potential endogeneities. The results suggest that gender
\n inequality in education directly affects economic growth by
\n lowering the average level of human capital. In addition,
\n growth is indirectly affected through the impact of gender
\n inequality on investment and population growth. Some 0.4-0.9
\n percentage points of differences in annual per capita growth
\n rates between East Asia…