TY - BOOK ID - 84542059 TI - The Gender Gap in Education in Eritrea in 1991-1998 : A Missed Opportunity? AU - Comenetz, Joshua. AU - Brixiova, Zuzana. AU - Bulir, Ales. PY - 2001 SN - 1462371140 1451998546 1281600660 1451897588 9786613781352 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Labor KW - Women''s Studies' KW - Gender Studies KW - Labor Discrimination KW - Education: Government Policy KW - Welfare and Poverty: Other KW - Education: General KW - Economics of Gender KW - Non-labor Discrimination KW - Human Capital KW - Skills KW - Occupational Choice KW - Labor Productivity KW - Employment KW - Unemployment KW - Wages KW - Intergenerational Income Distribution KW - Aggregate Human Capital KW - Aggregate Labor Productivity KW - Health: General KW - Education KW - Gender studies KW - women & girls KW - Social discrimination & equal treatment KW - Labour KW - income economics KW - Health economics KW - Women KW - Gender inequality KW - Human capital KW - Gender KW - Health KW - Sex discrimination KW - Economic theory KW - Eritrea, The State of KW - Income economics KW - Women & girls KW - Women's Studies UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84542059 AB - This paper shows that during the 1990s, and before the 1998-2000 border war with Eritrea, the gender gap in education in Eritrea has widened on the national level, and large regional disparities have persisted. The gender gap appears to be linked to lower female teacher participation and limited employment opportunities. The widening of the gender gap is likely to have a long-term negative impact on both economic growth and poverty reduction. ER -