This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …, it shows that the comparative advantage of females in skill is reflected in their greater investment in education and in …

those in the private sector. Gender wage gap in Indonesia is mainly due to gender discrimination. An act to equalize …

urbanization. We also find positive and significant effects of industrialization and education on urbanization, consistent with the …

This paper surveys the empirical and theoretical link between education and growth in the growth process of Asian … countries. Particular attention is paid to the link between education and productivity, and to models that characterize key … into poverty traps, focusing more on technology adoption rather than creation, technology-skill mismatch, and technology …

failures. Policy makers should improve access to and quality of health, education, and other social services. This means better …

This paper presents a theoretical model to analyze the effects of technology change on growth rates of income and human … capital in the uncertain environments of technology. The uncertainty comes from two sources; the possibility of a technology …

This paper introduces a model of gender inequality and economic growth that focuses on the determination of women …'s time allocation among market production, home production, child rearing, and child education. The theoretical model is … economies, and numerous policy experiments are conducted to investigate how various aspects of gender inequality are related to …

This paper presents a theoretical model that can analyze the impact of gender inequality on long-term economic growth …. The model is calibrated to fit to Korean data. We find that gender equality policies that lower discrimination in the …