Aggregate Effects of Gender Gaps in the Labor Market: A Quantitative Estimate

This paper examines the quantitative effects of gender gaps in entrepreneurship and workforce participation. We simulate an occupational choice model with heterogeneous agents in entrepreneurial ability. Gender gaps in entrepreneurship affect negatively both income and aggregate productivity, since...

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Autores: Cuberes, David, Teignier, Marc
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Consum (Economia)
Estalvi
Planificació de la producció
Inversions
Mercat de treball
Consumption (Economics)
Saving
Production planning
Investments
Labor market
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spelling Aggregate Effects of Gender Gaps in the Labor Market: A Quantitative EstimateCuberes, DavidTeignier, MarcConsum (Economia)EstalviPlanificació de la produccióInversionsMercat de treballConsumption (Economics)SavingProduction planningInvestmentsLabor marketThis paper examines the quantitative effects of gender gaps in entrepreneurship and workforce participation. We simulate an occupational choice model with heterogeneous agents in entrepreneurial ability. Gender gaps in entrepreneurship affect negatively both income and aggregate productivity, since they reduce the entrepreneurs' average talent. Specifically, the expected income loss from excluding 5 percent of women is 2.5 percent, while the loss is 10 percent if they are all employers. We find that gender gaps cause an average income loss of 15 percent in the OECD, 40 percent of which is due to entrepreneurship gaps. Extending the model to developing countries, we obtain substantially higher losses, with significant variation across regions.The University of Chicago Press2017201720162017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion32 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/110982Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1086/683847Journal of Human Capital, 2016, vol. 10, num. 1, p. 1-32https://doi.org/10.1086/683847(c) The University of Chicago Press, 2016info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1109822026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Aggregate Effects of Gender Gaps in the Labor Market: A Quantitative Estimate
title Aggregate Effects of Gender Gaps in the Labor Market: A Quantitative Estimate
spellingShingle Aggregate Effects of Gender Gaps in the Labor Market: A Quantitative Estimate
Cuberes, David
Consum (Economia)
Estalvi
Planificació de la producció
Inversions
Mercat de treball
Consumption (Economics)
Saving
Production planning
Investments
Labor market
title_short Aggregate Effects of Gender Gaps in the Labor Market: A Quantitative Estimate
title_full Aggregate Effects of Gender Gaps in the Labor Market: A Quantitative Estimate
title_fullStr Aggregate Effects of Gender Gaps in the Labor Market: A Quantitative Estimate
title_full_unstemmed Aggregate Effects of Gender Gaps in the Labor Market: A Quantitative Estimate
title_sort Aggregate Effects of Gender Gaps in the Labor Market: A Quantitative Estimate
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cuberes, David
Teignier, Marc
author Cuberes, David
author_facet Cuberes, David
Teignier, Marc
author_role author
author2 Teignier, Marc
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Consum (Economia)
Estalvi
Planificació de la producció
Inversions
Mercat de treball
Consumption (Economics)
Saving
Production planning
Investments
Labor market
topic Consum (Economia)
Estalvi
Planificació de la producció
Inversions
Mercat de treball
Consumption (Economics)
Saving
Production planning
Investments
Labor market
description This paper examines the quantitative effects of gender gaps in entrepreneurship and workforce participation. We simulate an occupational choice model with heterogeneous agents in entrepreneurial ability. Gender gaps in entrepreneurship affect negatively both income and aggregate productivity, since they reduce the entrepreneurs' average talent. Specifically, the expected income loss from excluding 5 percent of women is 2.5 percent, while the loss is 10 percent if they are all employers. We find that gender gaps cause an average income loss of 15 percent in the OECD, 40 percent of which is due to entrepreneurship gaps. Extending the model to developing countries, we obtain substantially higher losses, with significant variation across regions.
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