abstract: 'This study is the first attempt to examine the influence of gender

  equality on economic complexity. Specifically, we investigate the

  effects of four aspects (employment, health, educa-tion, rights) of

  gender equality with 20 variables in an economic complexity index. To

  deal with potential endogeneity, we used the two-step system-generalized

  method of moments approach with an unbalanced panel of data on 119

  economies from 1991 to 2017. First, labor participation in industry or

  service sectors as well as wage and salaried employment by women appears

  to improve economic complexity, while women''s employment in agriculture,

  contributions to family workers, self-employment, and vulnerable

  employment have a negative impact. Second, better health conditions for

  women increase economic complexity. Third, gender equality in education

  has a positive impact on economic complexity. Fourth, the empowerment of

  women in terms of socioeconomic-political rights is a positive factor

  for economic complexity. Overall, gender equality has great benefits for

  economic complexity.'
affiliation: 'Nguyen, CP (Corresponding Author), Univ Econ Ho Chi Minh City, Sch Publ
  Finance \& Hlth, 59C Nguyen Dinh Chieu,Dist 3, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam.

  Nguyen, CP (Corresponding Author), Univ Econ Ho Chi Minh City, Agr Policy Res Inst,
  59C Nguyen Dinh Chieu,Dist 3, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam.

  Canh Phuc Nguyen, Univ Econ Ho Chi Minh City, Sch Publ Finance \& Hlth, 59C Nguyen
  Dinh Chieu,Dist 3, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam.

  Canh Phuc Nguyen, Univ Econ Ho Chi Minh City, Agr Policy Res Inst, 59C Nguyen Dinh
  Chieu,Dist 3, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam.'
article-number: '100921'
author: Nguyen, Canh Phuc
author-email: canhnguyen@ueh.edu.vn
author_list:
- family: Nguyen
  given: Canh Phuc
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2021.100921
earlyaccessdate: DEC 2021
eissn: 1878-5433
files: []
issn: 0939-3625
journal: ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
keywords: 'Economic complexity; Education; Employment; Gender equality; Health;

  Rights'
keywords-plus: 'FDI EMPIRICAL-EVIDENCE; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; WORKFORCE DIVERSITY;

  WAGE INEQUALITY; PANEL-DATA; GROWTH; EDUCATION; ENDOGENEITY; EMPLOYMENT;

  DIVISION'
language: English
month: DEC
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '94'
orcid-numbers: Canh, NGUYEN Phuc/0000-0001-8467-5010
papis_id: ef80a857cc66cb52359ec374ce8370ad
ref: Nguyen2021genderequality
researcherid-numbers: Canh, NGUYEN Phuc/AAG-8627-2019
times-cited: '16'
title: Gender equality and economic complexity
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000727503700005
usage-count-last-180-days: '11'
usage-count-since-2013: '52'
volume: '45'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2021'