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

Incidence of the initial educational level of women in economic growth: empirical evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean

Jeimmy Guerra, Víctor García, Cristian Rodríguez and Alexis Cruz-Rodriguez

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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.

Keywords: Economic growth; human capital; foreign investment; Latin America and the Caribbean. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 O40 O54 R53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-06-12
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