Women Empowerment and Economic Development

作者:Duflo Esther*
来源:The Journal of Economic Literature, 2012, 50(4): 1051-1079.
DOI:10.1257/jel.50.4.1051

摘要

Women empowerment and economic development are closely related: in one direction, development alone can play a major role in driving down inequality between men and women; in the other direction, empowering women may benefit development. Does this imply that pushing just one of these two levers would set a virtuous circle in motion? This paper reviews the literature on both sides of the empowerment-development nexus, and argues that the interrelationships are probably too weak to be self-sustaining, and that continuous policy commitment to equality for its own sake may be needed to bring about equality between men and women.

  • 出版日期2012-12