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Push or pull? : drivers of female labor force participation during India's economic boom
Klasen, Stephan; Pieters, Janneke - 2012
In the past twenty years, India's economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest …-growing economies in the world. This paper examines drivers of female labor force participation in urban India between 1987 and 2004 … minority of India's women. So despite India's economic boom, it appears that for all but the very well educated, labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533351
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Perspectives on the economic and human development of India and China : on the occasion of the award of an Honorary Doctorate in Economics of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen...
Sen, Amartya (contributor); Sen, Amartya (honouree);  … - 2006
development economics. On the occasion of the award, Amartya Sen shared his thoughts on the economic development of India and … publication of Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen on comparative human development in India and China. This publication should greatly … enrich the current debate on the economic development of India and China. Instead of viewing economic development in India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003393440
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Push or Pull? Drivers of Female Labor Force Participation During India's Economic Boom
Klasen, Stephan - 2012
In the past twenty years, India's economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest …-growing economies in the world. This paper examines drivers of female labor force participation in urban India between 1987 and 2004 … minority of India's women. So despite India's economic boom, it appears that for all but the very well educated, labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109425
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Push or pull? Drivers of female labor force participation during India's economic boom
Klasen, Stephan; Pieters, Janneke - 2012
In the past twenty years, India's economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest …-growing economies in the world. This paper examines drivers of female labor force participation in urban India between 1987 and 2004 … minority of India's women. So despite India's economic boom, it appears that for all but the very well educated, labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282183
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Is there poverty convergence?
Crespo Cuaresma, Jesús; Klasen, Stephan; Wacker, Konstantin - 2017
Martin Ravallion ("Why Don't We See Poverty Convergence?" American Economic Review, 102(1): 504-23; 2012) presents evidence against the existence of proportionate convergence in global poverty rates despite convergence in household mean income levels and the link between income growth and poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011659608
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The impact of gender inequality on economic performance in developing countries
Klasen, Stephan - 2018
Despite substantial progress, gender gaps persist in many developing countries. Since the 1990s, a literature has emerged arguing that these gaps are not only inequitable, but also reduce economic performance. This review finds that, first, it is methodologically difficult to determine reliable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011782083
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The impact of gender inequality on economic performance in developing countries
Klasen, Stephan - 2018
Despite substantial progress, gender gaps persist in many developing countries. Since the 1990s, a literature has emerged arguing that these gaps are not only inequitable, but also reduce economic performance. This review finds that, first, it is methodologically difficult to determine reliable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011808873
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Economic growth and child undernutrition in Africa
Harttgen, Kenneth; Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2012
Despite recent improvements in economic performance, undernutrition rates in Africa appear to have improved much less and rather inconsistently across the continent. We examine to what extent there is an empirical linkage between income growth and reductions of child undernutrition in Africa. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010235143
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Economic inequality : causes, consequences, and measurement issues : an empirical contribution
Scholl, Nathalie - 2016
(Un-)gleichheit und Gerechtigkeit waren schon immer Kernbestandteil eines jeden politischen Konzeptes, welches das Wohl der Menschen in den Mittelpunkt rückte. Die Idee der Gleichheit ist so alt wie die der Demokratie selbst und neben instrumentellen Gründen, aus denen man (Un-)gleichheit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012315933
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There is poverty convergence
Crespo Cuaresma, Jesús; Klasen, Stephan; Wacker, Konstantin - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421945