Ett bortfall av humankapital
(2022) NEKH02 20221Department of Economics
- Abstract
- The aim of this study is to analyze the differences in years of education for men and women, and how these differences affect economic growth. The author believes there is a significant loss of human capital in the world, when girls for different reasons do not reach the same level of education as boys. This loss becomes clear by inspecting the literacy rate for each gender, and when viewing the out-of-school rates by gender. Girls’ access to education is a question about inequality, and should be a matter of high interest for every leader in our world. Several growth theories agree on the positive significance of human capital on economic growth. By having an inefficient use of women’s human capital, one should therefore be able to see... (More)
- The aim of this study is to analyze the differences in years of education for men and women, and how these differences affect economic growth. The author believes there is a significant loss of human capital in the world, when girls for different reasons do not reach the same level of education as boys. This loss becomes clear by inspecting the literacy rate for each gender, and when viewing the out-of-school rates by gender. Girls’ access to education is a question about inequality, and should be a matter of high interest for every leader in our world. Several growth theories agree on the positive significance of human capital on economic growth. By having an inefficient use of women’s human capital, one should therefore be able to see the negative consequences empirically.
To investigate this relationship empirically, this study sets up a regression with panel data from 135 countries in the time period 1970 to 2019. The regression includes variables which according to growth theories have a significant effect on growth, as well as variables that measure inequality in education between men and women. Results from the regression conclude that inequality within education between men and women has a negative effect on economic growth. This result emphasizes the importance of creating better conditions for girls to access education. (Less)
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- author
- Lidström, Ellen LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKH02 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Ekonomisk tillväxt, humankapital, utbildning, ojämlikhet mellan kön
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9082976
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- 2022-10-10 09:06:11
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abstract = {{The aim of this study is to analyze the differences in years of education for men and women, and how these differences affect economic growth. The author believes there is a significant loss of human capital in the world, when girls for different reasons do not reach the same level of education as boys. This loss becomes clear by inspecting the literacy rate for each gender, and when viewing the out-of-school rates by gender. Girls’ access to education is a question about inequality, and should be a matter of high interest for every leader in our world. Several growth theories agree on the positive significance of human capital on economic growth. By having an inefficient use of women’s human capital, one should therefore be able to see the negative consequences empirically.
To investigate this relationship empirically, this study sets up a regression with panel data from 135 countries in the time period 1970 to 2019. The regression includes variables which according to growth theories have a significant effect on growth, as well as variables that measure inequality in education between men and women. Results from the regression conclude that inequality within education between men and women has a negative effect on economic growth. This result emphasizes the importance of creating better conditions for girls to access education.}},
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title = {{Ett bortfall av humankapital}},
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