Contribution of female human capital in economic growth: an empirical analysis of Pakistan (1972–2012)

Khan, Mussarat Khadija

doi:10.1007/s11135-015-0172-6

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“…The above-mentioned coefficients are based on a system of equations GMM specification and Jarque Bera, White, Durbin Watson and Ramsey specification tests are shown. Khan (2015) and Stengos and Aurangzeb (2008) include both male and female education indicators in their analyses but no ratios or differences. Khan (2015) constructs a human capital index for females and males, which includes both health and education.…”

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“…Khan (2015) and Stengos and Aurangzeb (2008) include both male and female education indicators in their analyses but no ratios or differences. Khan (2015) constructs a human capital index for females and males, which includes both health and education. The human capital index for females has a positive and statistically significant long-run coefficient in an error correction model, whereas the corresponding coefficient for males is statistically insignificant.…”

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Educational gender gaps and economic growth: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis

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We conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the empirical literature on the impact of gender inequality in education on per capita economic growth, including crosscountry , time series, and sub-national growth regressions. Studies using male and female education as separate covariates show a larger effect of female than male education on growth, except when an arguably problematic regression specification popularized by Barro and co-authors is used. We conduct a meta-regression analysis for studies that use the female-male ratio of education as explanatory variable. There we find evidence for a positive and statistically significant relationship between gender equality in education and growth based on 216 estimates from 17 such studies. We find that the average partial correlation coefficient between economic growth and the ratio of female over male education is 0.25, which is a moderate effect. The effect does not appear to be influenced by publication bias, it increases when one controls for initial education levels and social/institutional controls, while it falls with the use of fixed effects, the inclusion of economic controls, and the share of female authors. 1 Acknowledgements: We thank Hugh Waddington, Chris Doucouliagos, participants at workshops and conferences in Delhi, Göttingen, IAFFE conference in Seoul, Development Economics and Policy Conference in Zurich for helpful comments and suggestions. We gratefully acknowledge funding from the Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) initiative, a multi-funder partnership between the UK's Department for International Development, the Hewlett Foundation and the International Development Research Centre.

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Educational gender gaps and economic growth: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis

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“…Öztunç et al (2015) found that tertiary school enrolment of women has a negative effect on economic growth in Asia Pacific countries. Khan (2016) observed a positive and significant relationship between the female human capital and economic growth of Pakistan over a time period of 1972-2012. By taking education and health as a proxy for human capital, Sehravat and Giri (2017) found a positive and significant effect of female human capital on economic growth; they found a positive but insignificant relationship between physical and male human capital and economic growth of India.…”

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The Impact of Gender-Specific Human Capital on Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation for Turkey

Karaalp-Orhan

2018

Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business

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In this study, how the human capital disaggregated by gender and physical capital affects economic growth in Turkey is examined for the period of 1971–2015. By using an arithmetic average of health and education indicators as a proxy of human capital formation, an attempt was made to examine the relationship between the human capital and economic growth under the scope of gender inequality. In this context, an ARDL-bounds testing approach and the unrestricted error-correction model were used to investigate the co-integration in the long- run and short run. Further, the causality test was also conducted to identify the direction of the causality between the variables. The main finding indicates that male human capital has been the central variable affected by both economic growth and physical capital. On one hand, a significant positive relationship was found between the economic growth and physical capital and male human capital in the long-run, while on the other hand, the female human capital was associated negatively to the economic growth. There is no evidence of causality that links the female human capital to other variables. This result suggests that women are not well utilized in the Turkish economy and the country suffers from untapped potential of women.

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“…Decomposition of human capital into gender has been done by a few studies. Khan (2015) employ Vector Error Correction Model and Johasen cointegration test to examine the impact of female human capital on economic growth in Pakistan. The study divided human capital into gender component.…”

Section: Empirical Studiesmentioning

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Human Capital Development and Industrialization in Nigeria: Implication for Economic Growth

Saka

Olanipekun

2021

rgn

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This paper examines the role that human capital plays in the relationship between the industrialization process and growth in Nigeria spanning the period 1980 to 2016. The theoretical framework is rooted in one of the new growth theories traceable to Lucas (1988) with emphasis on human capital's role in growth. Through some modifications, we result in two simultaneous equation models, one with growth as a dependent variable and the other, industrialization as a dependent variable. Human capital is disaggregated into male and female literacy rates, male and female life expectancies and other control variables used to explain the growth and industrialization process. The Two-Stage Least Squares adopted gives the expected outcome in most cases for the two model estimations. It is shown that the industrialization process is germane for economic growth, and likewise, male literacy rates can complement the industrial process to improve growth. In the same vein, stable growth facilitates the process of industrialization while human capital variables too play a relevant role in the same process. Identification of the workings of the Nigerian state would be a good foundation for the step towards ameliorating the problems of capacity building and industrialization in Nigeria.

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Contribution of female human capital in economic growth: an empirical analysis of Pakistan (1972–2012)

Cited by 14 publications

References 42 publications

Educational gender gaps and economic growth: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis

Educational gender gaps and economic growth: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis

The Impact of Gender-Specific Human Capital on Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation for Turkey

Human Capital Development and Industrialization in Nigeria: Implication for Economic Growth

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