THE EFFECT OF GENDER PARITY IN EDUCATION ON INCOME PER CAPITA IN WEST AFRICA

Volume 7, Issue 2, April 2022     |     PP. 42-70      |     PDF (2042 K)    |     Pub. Date: April 17, 2022
DOI: 10.54647/economics79285    88 Downloads     6015 Views  

Author(s)

Doukoure Charles FE, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée (ENSEA) and Cellule d'Analyse de Politiques Economiques du Cires (CAPEC), Ivory Coast

Abstract
This paper aims to analyse the effect of gender parity in education on per capita income in West Africa. We set a theoretical function in which seeking gender parity increase total factor productivity with a specific bonus on labour contribution in GDP per capita. We use a panel of 13 countries, considering secondary and tertiary education equality. Results reveal substantial inequality in education among countries at both levels of education. This inequality is favourable to boys as the average level of the gender parity index is lower than one. Only Capo Verde records a different situation in education. In this country, inequality is favourable to females.
Then we show that reducing gender inequality at both stages of education positively affects GDP per capita on average. When we assume a potential bonus from reducing this gender inequality, it appears that that reducing gender inequality in tertiary school enrolment positively affects GDP per capita with a bonus.

Keywords
Gender parity, education, income per capita

Cite this paper
Doukoure Charles FE, THE EFFECT OF GENDER PARITY IN EDUCATION ON INCOME PER CAPITA IN WEST AFRICA , SCIREA Journal of Economics. Volume 7, Issue 2, April 2022 | PP. 42-70. 10.54647/economics79285

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