The economic gains of closing the employment gender gap: Evidence from Morocco

Olivier Bargain and Maria Lo Bue

No wp-2021-79, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The present paper sheds new light on the growth implications of gender inequalities in the Moroccan labour market. We confront two different approaches. The first one is based on firm data to estimate gender complementarity in production and uses this information for simulations based on a simple macroeconomic model. The second relies on country panel variation to relate growth to the relative employment of women and, also, suggest simulations for Morocco. Both approaches lead to similar conclusions regarding the potential economic gains from increased female participation in this country.

Keywords: Morocco; Female labour force participation; Gender gap; Employment; Growth; Production functions (Economic theory) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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Working Paper: The Economic Gains of closing the Employment Gender Gap: Evidence from Morocco (2022)
Working Paper: The Economic Gains of closing the Employment Gender Gap: Evidence from Morocco (2022)
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