PublicDisclosureAuthorizedPolicyResearchWorkingPaper10663PublicDisclosureAuthorizedCouldDigitalInclusionClosetheGenderEconomicGapintheMENARegion?MahmoudMohieldinRachaRamadanPublicDisclosureAuthorizedPublicDisclosureAuthorizedMiddleEastandNorthAfricaRegionOfficeoftheChiefEconomistJanuary2024PolicyResearchWorkingPaper10663AbstractintheMiddleEastandNorthAfricaregionforfouryears(2018to2021),apooledcrosssectiondatasetiscon-Closingthegenderdigitaldividebyensuringequalaccesstostructed.Themodelisestimatedusinggeneralizedleastandbenefitoftheinternetmayreduceeconomicinequali-squarestocontrolforheteroskedasticity.Theresultsshowtiesandclosethegendergapinemploymentbyprovidingthataninclusiveinternetenvironmentwouldreducetheneweconomicopportunitiesandfacilitatingaccesstogendergapinthelaborforce.Otherkeydriversincludemarketinformation.Thispaperestimatestheimpactofthestructureoftheeconomicgrowth,norms,andgenderdigitalinclusion,measuredbytheInclusiveInternetIndexrolesinthesociety.TheseresultsarerelevantfortheUnitedonthefemale-to-malelaborforceparticipationratio,whileNationsSustainableDevelopmentGoalsagenda,mainlycontrollingforothereconomicandsocialfactors.Usinggoals5and10.datafromtheWorldDevelopmentIndicators,theEcon-omistIntelligenceUnitdatabase,andtheWorldBank’sWomen,BusinessandtheLawdatabasefor13countriesThispaperisaproduc...
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