全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP13792 The Armistice of the Sexes: Gender Complementarities in the Production Function

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP13792
	DP13792 The Armistice of the Sexes: Gender Complementarities in the Production Function
	Raphael Espinoza; Jonathan D. Ostry; Chris Papageorgiou
发表日期	2019-06-12
出版年	2019
语种	英语
摘要	Macroeconomic models have largely ignored the importance of gender diversity by assuming that male and female workers are perfectly substitutable in the aggregate production function. Whether this assumption is valid is an empirical question that this paper aims to answer by estimating the elasticity of substitution (ES) between the two types of labor. We apply linear and non-linear techniques to cross-country data at the aggregate level, to cross-country data at the sectoral level, and to firm-level data for the manufacturing sector in China. We find that women and men are far from being perfect substitutes: the ES is below 1 for the aggregate sample, between 1-2 for the sectoral sample, and between 2-3 at firm-level. We discuss why the ES may vary at different levels of aggregation and conclude on the implications of these results for growth accounting and for the gains from gender equality.
主题	International Macroeconomics and Finance ; Macroeconomics and Growth
关键词	Female labor force participation Aggregate production function Elasticity of substitution Growth
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp13792
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/542662
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Raphael Espinoza,Jonathan D. Ostry,Chris Papageorgiou. DP13792 The Armistice of the Sexes: Gender Complementarities in the Production Function. 2019.