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Maternal Mortality, Religion and the Enrolment of Girls and Boys : Is There a Link?

Cooray, Arusha V. - 2014

We investigate empirically the impact of maternal mortality on the enrolment rate of girls and boys at the primary and secondary levels. We also examine whether the effect of maternal mortality on enrolment is strengthened or weakened by religion. Evidence shows that at both the primary and...

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Reforming the Gender-Related Development Index and the Gender Empowerment Measure: Implementing Some Specific Proposals

Klasen, Stephan; Schuler, Dana - In: Feminist Economics 17 (2011) 1, pp. 1-30

Since their inception in 1995, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Gender-Related Development Index (GDI …) and Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) have been criticized on conceptual and empirical grounds. In 2005-6, the UNDP's Human … adjusting the recommendations, making concrete proposals for two gender-related indicators, and presenting illustrative results …

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The Impact of Gender Inequality in Education and Employment on Economic Growth: New Evidence for a Panel of Countries

Klasen, Stephan; Lamanna, Francesca - In: Feminist Economics 15 (2009) 3, pp. 91-132

Using cross-country and panel regressions, we investigate to what extent gender gaps in education and employment … (proxied using gender gaps in labor force participation) reduce economic growth. Using the most recent data and investigating … analysis to employment gaps using panel data. We find that gender gaps in education and employment considerably reduce economic …

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Market discrimination, market participation and control over revenue: A gendered analysis of Cameroon’s cocoa producers

Banerjee, Debosree; Klasen, Stephan; Wollni, Meike - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2014

Using micro level data from Cameroon this paper applies the theories of intrahousehold bargaining to models in which female farmers decide whether to take up cocoa marketing on their own or to rely on others to sell the product. We analyze the effect of marketing on control over the proceeds. We...

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