What Are the Economic Costs of Gender Gaps in Ethiopia?

Buehren, Niklas ; Gonzalez, Paula ; Copley, Amy

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: GENDER GAP;    GENDER INEQUALITY;    GENDER INNOVATION LAB;    AFRICA GENDER POLICY;    WAGE GAP;   

RP-ID  :  135500

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Despite Ethiopia’s remarkable economicprogress over the past decade, gender gaps in key economicactivities - agriculture, entrepreneurship, and wageemployment - indicate that challenges remain to realizingthe full potential of women’s economic empowerment.Differences in simple averages between men and women showthat women lag men by 36 percent in agriculturalproductivity, by 79 percent in business sales, and by 44percent in hourly wages. This brief examines the costs ofthese gender gaps and estimates the potential gains fromclosing them.