Welcome to another week of Macro Bytes in which our host Stephanie Kelly is joined by Abigail Watt, to discuss their latest output in the A Woman’s Place research series : an index for investors and policymakers to track progress and changes in female workforce dynamics. 

 This new Gender Equality Index (GEI) scores and ranks 29 developed countries on gender equality, in terms of macroeconomic fundamentals, policy and empowerment – and shows where countries are doing well and where they need to improve when it comes to maximising female potential in the workforce.

 In this episode the authors share their belief that countries with more progressive gender policies and higher GEI scores will be better equipped to deal with issues like aging populations and slowing productivity growth and why investors considering long-term risks should factor in gender equality to get a more holistic view of the fundamental problems of labour supply constraints and the consequences of aging populations. 

 The GEI seeks to provide a basic framework for undertaking this analysis and a useful additional tool for forecasting which countries are vulnerable to weak productivity and potential growth and which are likely to flourish and benefit from the growth in the investment environment.


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