abstract: 'Women''s participation in the labour market in Central America, Panama,

  and the Dominican Republic (CAPADOM) is low by international standards.

  Increasing their participation is a goal of many policymakers who want

  to improve women''s access to quality employment. This study uses data

  from CAPADOM to assess whether gender equality in the law increases

  women''s participation in the labour force and, if that is the case, the

  extent to which this boosts GDP per capita. To do so, the authors use a

  panel VAR model. The results show that CAPADOM could increase female

  labour participation rate by 6 percentage points (pp) and GDP per capita

  by 1 pp by introducing gender-related legal changes such as equal pay

  for equal work, paid parental leave, and allowing women to do all the

  same jobs as men.'
affiliation: 'Rodriguez-Caballero, CV (Corresponding Author), ITAM, Dept Stat, Mexico
  City, DF, Mexico.

  Rodriguez-Caballero, CV (Corresponding Author), Aarhus Univ, CREATES, Aarhus, Denmark.

  Lopez-Marmolejo, Arnoldo, Interamer Dev Bank IDB, Washington, DC USA.

  Rodriguez-Caballero, C. Vladimir, ITAM, Dept Stat, Mexico City, DF, Mexico.

  Rodriguez-Caballero, C. Vladimir, Aarhus Univ, CREATES, Aarhus, Denmark.'
author: Lopez-Marmolejo, Arnoldo and Rodriguez-Caballero, C. Vladimir
author-email: vladimir.rodriguez@itam.mx
author_list:
- family: Lopez-Marmolejo
  given: Arnoldo
- family: Rodriguez-Caballero
  given: C. Vladimir
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.15196/RS130301
earlyaccessdate: MAY 2023
eissn: 2064-8243
files: []
issn: 2063-9538
journal: REGIONAL STATISTICS
keywords: 'women; business and the law index; gender inequality in law; economic

  growth; female labour participation; panel-VAR; CAPADOM'
keywords-plus: 'ECONOMIC-GROWTH; DYNAMIC-MODELS; PANEL-DATA; INEQUALITY; EMPLOYMENT;

  EDUCATION'
language: English
month: 2023 MAY 24
number-of-cited-references: '40'
papis_id: ebfc8235bdb8a2e594be20d4a80ad39f
ref: Lopezmarmolejo2023assessingeffect
times-cited: '0'
title: Assessing the effect of gender-related legal reforms on female labour participation
  and GDP per capita in the Central American region
type: article
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web-of-science-categories: Geography
year: '2023'