Economic Development and the Gender Wage Gap

Abstract

of the role of women in economic growth and the affect of development on them. The difference in income between men and women is of great importance because it affects a very large number of people. The gender wage gap is not uniform cross-nationally, and if determinants of the gap size can be found, policy could be implemented to reduce the income disparities. Economic inequality between men and women is an important problem deserving of indepth study because of the large number of people it affects. Not only do current gender wage gaps affect women, they also likely affect their children and future generations. A number of studies have found evidence that women tend to spend income differently then men, with greater shares being put back into the household and more equally allocated between children of both sexes (Blau,

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