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Productive inefficiency in patriarchal family farms: evidence from Mali

Goetghebuer, Tatiana - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011

In Mali, there exist various farm-cum-family structures, so that agricultural production occurs on plots controlled by different members of the household. In this paper, we want to lay emphasis on the under-researched differentials between collective and individual plots (attended by male or...

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Household Structures and Savings: Evidence from Household Surveys

Laiglesia, Juan R. de; Morrisson, Christian - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between household structures, the institutions that shape them and physical and human capital accumulation using household and individual data from China, Indonesia, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. Household structures differ greatly across countries and are very...

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Mortality and survivors' consumption

Grimm, Michael - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2006

The literature suggests that in developing countries illness shocks at the household level can have a negative and severe impact on household income. Few studies have so fare examined the effects of mortality. The major difference between illness and mortality shocks is that a death of a...

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Reexamining the link between gender and corruption: The role of social institutions

Branisa, Boris; Ziegler, Maria - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011

In this paper we reexamine the link between gender inequality and corruption. We review the literature on the relationship between representation of women in economic and political life, democracy and corruption, and bring in a new previously omitted variable that captures the level of...

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The Gender Inequalities Index (GII) as a New Way to Understand Gender Inequality Issues in Developing Countries

Ferrant, Gaëlle - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2010

The measurement of gender inequalities has become an important topic in the academic literature. First, appropriate indicators are needed to compare the relative situation of women in developing countries. Second, there is renewed attention given to the relationship between gender inequality and...

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Why we should all care about social institutions related to gender inequality

Branisa, Boris; Klasen, Stephan; Ziegler, Maria - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2010

Institutions are a major factor explaining development outcomes. This study focuses on social institutions related to gender inequality understood as long-lasting norms, values and codes of conduct that shape gender roles, and presents evidence on why they matter for development. We derive...

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The Institutional Basis of Gender Inequality

Branisa, Boris; Ziegler, Maria; Klasen, Stephan - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2010

In this paper we construct the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) and its five subindices Family code, Civil liberties, Physical integrity, Son Preference and Ownership rights using variables of the OECD Gender, Institutions and Development database. Instead of measuring gender...

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The Output Cost of Gender Discrimination: A Model-Based Macroeconomic Estimate

Cavalcanti, Tiago V. de V.; Tavares, José - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2008

Gender-based discrimination is a pervasive and costly phenomenon. To a greater or lesser extent, all economies present a gender wage gap, associated with lower female labor force participation rates and higher fertility. This paper presents a growth model where saving, fertility and labor market...

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Gender Inequality and Trade

Spielmann, Christian; Busse, Matthias - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2005

The paper empirically explores the international linkages between gender inequality and trade flows of a sample of 92 developed and developing countries. The focus is on comparative advantage in labour-intensive manufactured goods. The results indicate that gender wage inequality is positively...

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The Virgin HIV Puzzle: Can misreporting account for the high proportion of HIV cases in self-reported virgins?

Deuchert, Eva - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2008

The Demographic and Health Surveys from Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and Malawi reveal that a significant proportion of HIV … nonparametric model to estimate the proportion of HIV infections associated with sexual activity under different assumptions on data … accuracy. It shows that there is an inverse relation between data accuracy and importance of sexual HIV transmission. If all …

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