or social relations. At the other are despotic states which dominate civil society. Yet there are others which are locked … into an ongoing competition with civil society and it is these, not the despotic ones, that develop the greatest capacity …) and civil society (representing non-elite citizens), where both players can invest to increase their power. The model …

remain small. We estimate the parameters of the model using firm-level data for India and the United States. We study the …

biological mechanism, which are validated with micro-data from India, Indonesia and Ghana can jointly explain inter …

We explore the impact of British colonial institutions on the economic development of India. In some regions, the …

the household. We test the model using data from rural India, focusing particularly on the schooling of girls. We find …

development quest. The sample includes seven developing countries--Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, India, Vietnam and Brazil …

much of the GDP/gender-inequality relationship can be explained by the process of development, society-specific factors are … patrilocality and concern for women's "purity" help explain the male-skewed sex ratio in India and China and low female employment … in India, the Middle East, and North Africa, for example. I also discuss why the sex ratio has become more male …