Gender Discrimination

Term paper

The Consequences to Economic Development in Arab Countries Resulting from Gender Discrimination in Education and in Labor Market

Submit to Suppanunta Romprasert, Ph.D.

Conducted by

5212645 Mr. Sorakom Ngamdecho

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This term paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for

ECO 3712 Intermediate Macroeconomics

Semester 2/2011

Martin de Tours School of Management and Economics, Department of Business Economics,

Assumption University of Thailand,

March 2012

The Consequences to Economic Development in Arab Countries Resulting from Gender Discrimination in Education and in Labor Market

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Sorakom Ngamdecho

Abstract

This research paper is aimed to explain the consequences to economic development resulting from gender discrimination both in education and in labor market occurring in Arab countries through empirical survey and using induction method. The author found that given equality in literacy between genders and the wage rate discrimination in Arabian labor markets has enhanced the economic development of Arab countries.

I. Introduction

In general, income of people in a country on per-capita basis is defined as a proxy of development or growth of the economy by economists; still, other variables can also be utilized. Theoretically, Romer models point that the increase in human capital boosting up levels of aggregate output, in turn raising the national income (Romer 1986, 1990). Education is considered as the most important human capital. The reduction in education of male or female surely brings down human capital. There is, hence, a straight effect from female education to income or economic development. (Baliamoune-Lutz and McGillivray 2007).

Besides, in today’s world, unfairness is everywhere, particularly for females and black people. Although, many groups have tried to call for the gender equalities, the gender discrimination does still exist. In...