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Gender equality isn’t just moral – it’s also good economics

Women work on a data cable production line at a factory in Xinyu, Jiangxi province, China April 8, 2019. Picture taken April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer  ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1B26DAD3C0

Gender inequality has usually been associated with lower GDP growth in developing countries. Image: REUTERS/Stringer

Jörg Baten
Professor of Economic History,, University of Tuebingen
Alexandra de Pleijt
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Economic History, , University of Oxford
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  Dark countries: high average age at marriage; light grey: low average age at marriage; white countries: no data.
Dark countries: high average age at marriage; light grey: low average age at marriage; white countries: no data. Image: Baten and de Pleijt (2018).
 Dark countries: high average age at marriage; light grey: low average age at marriage; white countries: no data.
Dark countries: high average age at marriage; light grey: low average age at marriage; white countries: no data. Image: Baten and de Pleijt (2018).
 The figure shows the relationship between average age at marriage and numeracy in the half century following 1700 for a sample of 20 countries
The figure shows the relationship between average age at marriage and numeracy in the half century following 1700 for a sample of 20 countries
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