The present study applies purpose-built dynamic computable general equilibrium models for Ghana and Kenya with a …

discussion of the impact of oil price shocks in Kenya on different types of households defined according to the gender of the … household head as well as poverty status. We find that due to some differences in consumption patterns, poorer households are …

Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the gender equality in education is considered one of … narrowing down the gender gap in education for the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. More specifically, and among many … other factors, the study focuses on the response of gender gap in education to economic growth, information communication …

examines determinants of different labor force participation by gender. The empirical analysis is based on the World Values … participation, and to examine the impact of different labor force practices and income equality on poverty. Empirical findings … support a gender gap with respect to accessibility to full time paid work, only young females, regardless their computer …

monetary poverty and inequality. Intra-household gender discrimination has been widely shown to shape expenditure decisions … dominated by gender discrimination among household members. Estimates for Chile show a substantial worsening of poverty and …, nutrition status, and human capital accumulation of household members. However, conventional poverty and inequality analyses are …

poverty in Pakistan. The study decomposes education of the household into different levels: primary, middle, matriculation …, intermediate, bachelors and higher studies and finds evidence that poverty is greatest among the less literate households and … severity of poverty is more pronounced in rural areas. The variables that are negatively related with the probability of being …

This study examined gender differences in cassava production technology adoption and the impact on poverty status of …-Greer-Thorbecke weighted poverty index. Out of the 482 households, 387 with similar characteristics were used in the analysis. Adoption level … was 26% higher among male adopters than their female counterparts. Adoption was significantly influenced by gender …

The purpose of this paper is dual: on the one hand, to look into a synthesis of the complex meaning of poverty; on the … other hand, to look into the concept of the feminization of poverty, through both its theoretical analysis and empirical … evidence in Spain in recent literature. There are several different methodologies for approaching the study of poverty, thus …