Thus, even though gender equity may have positive supply-side effects on the quality of the labour force over the long run, in the short run gender equity may generate shocks that could push economies off their long-run growth paths. Further analysis of the duration of these departures from the long-term trend is called for (Berik, Rodgers and Seguino, 2009). As this trend unfolds, feminization stimulates investment (since wages are low and these workers have limited bargaining power —a situation that generates pay gaps). As investment strengthens, it drives up the initially low equilibrium point.