Incidencia del nivel educativo inicial femenino en el crecimiento económico: evidencia empírica para América Latina y el Caribe

Guerra, Jeimmy and García, Víctor and Rodríguez, Cristian and Cruz-Rodríguez, Alexis (2020): Incidencia del nivel educativo inicial femenino en el crecimiento económico: evidencia empírica para América Latina y el Caribe.

Abstract

The objective of this work is to verify if the initial educational level of women is a determinant of economic growth in emerging economies. To carry out this analysis, a panel data model was estimated for a sample of 14 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, during the period 1980-2014. The empirical results indicate that the coefficients of the variables used are significant and with the expected sign, and that the female enrollment rate at the initial level positively impacts the growth of GDP per capita in the countries of the region.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Incidence of the initial educational level of women in economic growth: empirical evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Economic growth, human capital, foreign investment, Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O40 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O54 - Latin America ; Caribbean; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R5 - Regional Government Analysis > R53 - Public Facility Location Analysis ; Public Investment and Capital Stock

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