Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
6-6-2013
Department
Economics
Abstract
In this article we estimate the growth elasticity of employment by gender for 160 countries during 1990-2010. We then econometrically model these elasticities to draw out the structural contexts in which gendered employment outcomes respond differently to growth, including measures of economic structure, demographic change, macroeconomic stability, global stance and policy, and income distribution and institutional development. Our investigation shows that the relative size of the service sector and the ratio of female to male labor force participation are key determinants of differences in employment elasticities by gender, creating higher elasticities for women than men. We also find that the terms of global integration, as measured by the current account balance, growth in the terms of trade, and the share of foreign direct investment in investment, are important for both female and male employment elasticities.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Anderson, Bret and Elissa Braunstein. 2013. "Economic Growth and Employment from 1990-2010: Explaining Elasticities by Gender." Review of Radical Political Economics 45, no. 3 (September): 269-277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0486613413487158
Available at: http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1177/0486613413487158
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