Macroeconomic costs of gender gaps: the case of Mexico: Costos macroeconómicos de las desigualdades de género en un modelo con emprendimiento y producción doméstica: el caso de México

David Cuberes; Marc Teignier

doi:10.29105/ensayos44.1-3

Authors

David Cuberes Maynooth University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4933-9369
Marc Teignier Universitat de Barcelona https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0760-5662

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29105/ensayos44.1-3

Keywords:

gender inequality, household production, factor misallocation, aggregate productivity

Abstract

This paper uses the framework of Cuberes and Teignier
(2018) to study the quantitative effects of gender gaps in
entrepreneurship and workforce participation in Mexico.
The focus on one specific country allows us to have detailed
information on men and women’s participation in household
production and their productivity in that sector. In line with
our previous research, the occupational choice model
predicts substantial losses in the country’s income per
capita. Gender gaps in the Mexican labor market, especially
in labor force participation, represent a 22% fall in total
output. Market output drops by 26.5%, while household
output experiences a five-fold increase. The presence of the
large gap in labor force participations implies that it is
important to introduce the household sector into the model
to take the production that takes place outside the market
sector into account.

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Author Biographies

David Cuberes, Maynooth University

El profesor Cuberes centra su investigación en economía urbana, historia económica y crecimiento económico. Su trabajo ha analizado el proceso de crecimiento de las ciudades en diferentes países, los efectos de las guerras en la población urbana y los factores que explican la ubicación de los hogares dentro de una ciudad. También ha investigado los efectos agregados de la desigualdad de género, la relación entre democracia y volatilidad del crecimiento, y la transición demográfica. Ha publicado en revistas como Economic Journal, Journal of Urban Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Human Capital y Macroeconomic Dynamics.

Tras completar sus estudios de grado en la Universitat Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona, el profesor Cuberes realizó un Máster en Economía y Finanzas en el CEMFI (Madrid) y un doctorado en la Universidad de Chicago. Ha realizado investigaciones y enseñado en Clemson University, Royal Holloway (Reino Unido), Universidad de Alicante (España), University of Sheffield (Reino Unido) y Clark University (EE.UU.). Además, ha trabajado como consultor para el Banco Mundial, el Fondo Monetario Internacional y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, entre otras organizaciones.

Más detalles sobre la investigación del profesor Cuberes se pueden encontrar aquí: https://sites.google.com/site/davcuberes/

Marc Teignier, Universitat de Barcelona

El profesor Teignier centra su investigación en macroeconomía y desarrollo económica. Su trabajo ha analizado el proceso de cambio estructural y su interacción con el comercio internacional y la urbanización, así como los efectos del desarrollo financiero y los efectos agregados de la desigualdad de género. Ha publicado en revistas como Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Journal of Human Capital , o B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics entre otros. Actualmente tiene un artículo con aceptación condicional en el Review of Economic Studies.

Tras completar sus estudios de grado en la Universitat Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona, el profesor Cuberes realizó un Máster en Economía y un doctorado en la Universidad de Chicago. Ha realizado investigaciones y enseñado en la Universidad del País Vasco, la Universidad de Alicante (España), y la Universitat de Barcelona. Además, ha trabajado como consultor para el Banco Mundial, el Fondo Monetario Internacional y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, entre otras organizaciones.

Más detalles sobre la investigación del profesor Teignier se pueden encontrar aquí: https://sites.google.com/view/marcteignier

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