mortality for women. …

surrounding environment. I examine the effects that local cobalt mining had on child labor and subsequently on fertility rates in … both education attainment and fertility data. I find that the boom in cobalt mining led to a reduction in educational … achievements of individuals who were between 6 and 14 at the time of the boom, and it was accompanied by higher fertility rates …

educational infrastructure, women become better educated, improve their skills and capabilities, gain possibilities to enter the … labour market and use financial resources to start up their own businesses. All these bring women to play a role on the … labour market and significantly contribute to overall socio-economic development. The women entrepreneurship unfolds various …

It is widely argued that ICTs enable the inclusion of low-skilled and traditionally marginalized groups, such as women … participation in developing countries. Moreover, we show that gross national income (GNI) per capita, fertility rates and income … inequalities influence to some extent the level of women's engagement in the labor market. Our results are robust against different …