The Impact of Female Education and Employment on Service Sector Value Added Growth: Evidence From Panel Data

The world economy has experienced a considerable shift in structure from the late 1980s, with service sector contributing approximately 62 percent to overall economic output and 50 of total employment share 1991 2010. Given importance sector, we study inter￾relationship between female education attainment, per capita value-added growth sector. Our analysis uses data 146 countries – 2015. Using fixed effects panel estimations, conclude that globally, an increase significantly primary attainment increases In contrast, industry relative male leads decreased growth. We suggest negative on are based primarily discriminatory factors women face workplace. results robust across all specifications hold after correcting for possible endogeneity.