gender equality as smart economics

1. GENDER AND GROWTH The role of Intergenerational Health Externalities and Women’s Occupational Constraints 12:30pm-2:00pm – November 4, 2010 – H1-200 Lunch will be served. Please RSVP before October 30 with MameNiasse (mniasse@worldbank.org) This research looks 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 will provide a review of the evidence on these issues. They will present an overlapping generations (OLG) model of endogenous growth that captures these interactions, and characterize its properties. This model is 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 will draw together the implications of the analysis for promoting the role of women in growth strategies. Chair: Mayra Buvinic, Sector Director, PRMGE, World Bank Presenters: Otaviano Canuto, Vice President, PREM Network, World Bank & Pierre-Richard Agenor, Hallsworth Professor of International Macroeconomics and Development Economics, University of Manchester, and co-Director, Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research Discussant: Ann Harrison, Director, DECVP, World Bank Q&A gender equality as smart economics