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CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

LINKING GENDER-BASED INEQUALITY AND INCOME INEQUALITY: STYLIZED FACTS

LINKING GENDER AND INCOME INEQUALITY EMPIRICALLY

CONCLUSIONS AND POLICIES TO FOSTER GENDER EQUALITY

BOXES

1. Gender Inequality and Economic Growth

2. Measuring Gender Inequality

3. Employment and Income Gaps in the OECD

4. Empirical Strategy

5. Synthetic Control Method to Evaluate the Effects of Reform on Gender Gaps and Income Ineuality: Application to Chile

FIGURES

1. Gender Inequality and GDP per Capita

2. Gender Inequality and GDP Growth

3. Gender Inequality Index Across Countries, 2010

4. Changes in Gender Inequality Index Across Countries, 1990–2010

5. Gender Inequality, Income Inequality, and Poverty

6. Gender Gaps in Labor Force Participation and Income Inequality

7. Education

8. Financial Inclusion

9. Health

10. Marginal Effects of Gender Inequality across Income and Country Groups

11. Constitutional Reform in Chile: A Synthetic Control Approach

TABLES

1. Gender Inequality and Economic Growth

2. Gender Inequality and Income Distribution

3. Income Inequality and Aspects of Gender Inequality by Income Group

4. Income Inequality and Instrumented Gender Inequality

ANNEXES

1. Definitions and Data Sources

2. Econometric Methodology