title: Gender Wage Inequality and Economic Growth: Is There Really a Puzzle?-A Comment.
abstract: Seguino (2000) shows that gender wage discrimination in export-oriented semi-industrialized countries might be fostering investment and growth in general. While the original analysis does not have internationally comparable wage discrimination data, we replicate the analysis using data from a meta-study on gender wage discrimination and do not find any evidence that more discrimination might further economic growth-on the contrary: if anything the impact of gender inequality is negative for growth. Standing up for more gender equality-also in terms of wages-is good for equity considerations and at least not negative for growth.
authors.affiliation: University of Linz, Austria.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schober
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Winter-Ebmer