On the effect of gender inequality on economic development.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21730228
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Economic policy
Research Institution	Kobe University
Principal Investigator	NOMURA Tomokazu Kobe University, 大学院・経済学研究科, 講師 (30507207)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords	ジェンダー / 男女間賃金格差 / 経済発展
Research Abstract	In this research, I investigated the male-female wage differentials and the discrimination against women in the labor market using Brazilian household survey. Also, showing that firms hiring higher proportion of female labor achieve higher profit efficiency, I proved that the considerable part of male-female wage differentials is due to the discrimination against women. Finally, I analyzed the effect of educational inequality on economic growth, using the index of educational inequality which can be decomposed into intra-gender inequality and inter-gender inequality.