This research looked at the growth effects of externalities associated with intergenerational health transmission, health persistence, and women’s occupational constraints—with particular emphasis on the role of access to infrastructure. The authors provided a review of the evidence on these issues. They presented an overlapping generations (OLG) model of endogenous growth that captured these interactions, and characterized its properties. This model was used to perform several gender-based or gender-related experiments—a reduction in the cost of child rearing, improved wage equality in the market place, and better access to infrastructure. Finally, the authors drew together the implications of the analysis for promoting the role of women in growth strategies.
Chair:
Mayra Buvinic, Sector Director, Gender and Development Group, World Bank
Presenters:
Otaviano Canuto, Vice President, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, World Bank
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Pierre-Richard Agenor, Hallsworth Professor of International Macroeconomics and Development Economics, University of Manchester, and co-Director, Centre for Growth and Business Cycle
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Discussant:
Daniela Gressani, Deputy to Director-General and Senior Adviser, IEGDG , World Bank
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