Gender and GDP Contributions: The Effects of Culture

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2008-06-11Author
Graham, Elizabeth
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McGee, M. Kevin
Johnson, Marianne
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This paper uses Ordinary Least Squares regressions to examine the cultural,
demographic, and geographical sources of differences in the Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) contributions of women. These cultural variables include religion, level of
female education, fertility, political representation, and the mean age of marriage.
The results show that culture has considerable explanatory power for female labor
force participation rates, the gender wage gap, and women?s contributions to
GDP. Surprisingly, fertility rates were not found to have any impact on women?s
contributions to GDP.
Subject
Women in culture and society
Female labor force
Gross national product--Econometric models.
Gross Domestic Product
Women -- economic conditions
Women -- Employment
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Oshkosh Scholar, Volume 3, 2008 pp. 16-25.
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