abstract: 'Some studies suggest that resource-rich countries tend to allocate

  talent and investment toward the resource sector and away from

  manufacturing or agriculture reducing the competitiveness of these other

  sectors. Because mining overwhelmingly employs men, when other sectors

  shrink so do employment opportunities for women (Ross, 2008). This could

  significantly affect core social structures. Using plausibly exogenous

  variation in natural resource wealth due to giant oil discoveries and an

  event study design, this paper finds that giant oil discoveries are

  associated with relatively worse female outcomes as measured by higher

  male/female population ratios, higher teen birth rates, and lower

  educational attendance of tertiary education among women relative to

  men. However, the impact on health outcomes tapers off within 8 years.

  Additionally, during periods of increasing oil prices, there is no

  significant evidence of such effects possibly due to an income effect.'
affiliation: 'Grecu, AM (Corresponding Author), Seton Hall Univ, Dept Econ \& Legal
  Studies, Stillman Sch Business, S Orange, NJ 07079 USA.

  Grecu, Anca M.; Bataille, Edner, Seton Hall Univ, Dept Econ \& Legal Studies, Stillman
  Sch Business, S Orange, NJ 07079 USA.'
article-number: PII S2054089222000165
author: Grecu, Anca M. and Bataille, Edner
author-email: anca.grecu@shu.edu
author_list:
- family: Grecu
  given: Anca M.
- family: Bataille
  given: Edner
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1017/dem.2022.16
earlyaccessdate: JUL 2022
eissn: 2054-0906
files: []
issn: 2054-0892
journal: JOURNAL OF DEMOGRAPHIC ECONOMICS
keywords: 'Education; gender population structure; giant oil discoveries; health;

  resource curse'
keywords-plus: 'LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION; NATURAL-RESOURCES; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; WOMEN;

  HEALTH; ENDOWMENTS; EMPLOYMENT; FERTILITY; ATTITUDES; INCOME'
language: English
month: 2022 JUL 25
number-of-cited-references: '64'
orcid-numbers: Grecu, Anca/0000-0003-3028-254X
papis_id: 7ea23178c8fee5f172c4b844d681a4c3
ref: Grecu2022oildiscoveries
times-cited: '0'
title: Oil discoveries and gender inequality
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000829634300001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '1'
web-of-science-categories: Demography; Economics
year: '2022'