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Gender Inequality: One of the Greatest Drivers of World Hunger

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  • Seth R. Gitter

    (Department of Economics, Towson University)

  • Grace Larocque

    (Towson University)

Abstract

Gender inequality is consistently left out of the conversation about global hunger, with most literature focusing on poverty, conflict, natural disasters, or governance as driving factors. We theorize, however, that gender inequality is in fact one of the greatest drivers of world hunger. We find that gender inequality has an associated relationship with a country level measure of hunger, the Global Hunger Index, almost three times that of other driving factors in hunger using a country fixed effects regression. Our findings suggest that programs targeted toward improving gender equality may have higher rates of return for reducing hunger.

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  • Seth R. Gitter & Grace Larocque, 2024. "Gender Inequality: One of the Greatest Drivers of World Hunger," Working Papers 2024-07, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Jun 2024.
    • Handle: RePEc:tow:wpaper:2024-07
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    Keywords

    Global Hunger Index; Gender.;

    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O2 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy

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