This paper provides an overview of the state of the art of the intersection of development economics and … entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights … from the intersection of entrepreneurship and development studies; (ii) the empirical evidence on the relationship between …

Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women … women had few rights before economic development took off. Is development the cause of expanding women's rights, or … conversely, do women's rights facilitate development? We argue that there is truth to both hypotheses. The literature on the …

Entwicklung. Andererseits scheint nicht Wohlstand an sich, sondern ein damit einhergehendes geeignetes gesellschaftliches Umfeld …

role of deeply-rooted biogeographical forces in comparative development, this research empirically demonstrates that … revolutionize the understanding of the effects of deeply-rooted factors on economic development and the composition of human capital …

size on child education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in …

, our analysis suggests that economic development can make societies more prone to religious revivals. …

poverty level, and the health of the population including total health expenditures and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS. The …

This paper develops a conceptual framework that can explain why economic development goes along with increases in body … experiment of economic development. Our data elicit detailed information on East Germans' food consumption, body mass, and diet …