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New measures of gender inequality : the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI)and its subindices
Branisa Caballero, Boris Sergio; Klasen, Stephan; … - 2009 - This version: July 23, 2009
In this paper we construct the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) and its five subindices Family code, Civil …
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The institutional basis of gender inequality : the social institutions and gender index (SIGI)
Branisa Caballero, Boris Sergio; Klasen, Stephan; … - In: Feminist economics 20 (2014) 2, pp. 29-64
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The complementarities of child health achievements in developing countries
Lo Bue, Maria C. - 2015
Diese Dissertation basiert auf einer auf den Menschen bezogenen, multidimensionalen Betrachtung von Entwicklung. Sie soll empirisch Übereinstimmungen und Determinanten der Gesundheit von Kindern in Ländern mit niedrigem und mittlerem Einkommen analysieren. Der erste Essay – mit verfasst von...
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Battle and beating, water and waste : micro-level impact evaluation in developing and emerging economies
Rieckmann, Johannes - 2014
Die Dissertation mit dem Titel “Battle and Beating, Water and Waste: Micro-Level Impact Evaluation in Developing and Emerging Economies” beinhaltet die Ergebnisse ökonometrischer Wirkungsevaluierungen, die innerhalb zwei verschiedener Themengebieten des täglichen Lebens in Entwicklungs-...
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Benefits trickling away : the health impact of extending access to piped water and sanitation in urban Yemen
Klasen, Stephan; Lechtenfeld, Tobias; Meier, Kristina; … - 2012
This article investigates the impact of piped water supply and sanitation on health outcomes in urban Yemen using a combination of quasi-experimental methods and results from microbiological water tests. Variations in project roll-out allow separate identification of water and sanitation...
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Determinants of child development in India
Grafenstein, Liza von - 2021
Um Armut zu bekämpfen, muss die menschliche Entwicklung gestärkt werden. Allerdings werden heute 250 Millionen Kinder … Robustheit der elterlichen Präferenzen als Hauptdeterminanten der Größenunterschiede zwischen Kinder... …To overcome poverty, strengthening human development is crucial. However, today 250 million children younger than 5 …
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Revisiting the role of education for agricultural productivity
Reimers, Malte; Klasen, Stephan - 2011
While the majority of micro studies finds that rural education increases agricultural productivity, various recent cross-country regressions analyzing the determinants of agricultural productivity were only able to detect an insignificant or even surprisingly negative effect of schooling. In...
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Revisiting the role of education for agricultural productivity
Reimers, Malte; Klasen, Stephan - In: American journal of agricultural economics 95 (2013) 1, pp. 131-152
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Political determinants of foreign aid and international trade of emerging economies
Fuchs, Andreas - 2012
Der Aufstieg der Schwellenländer ist sichtbar sowohl in der internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, als auch in den internationalen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen. Hilfsleistungen der Geberländer, die außerhalb des Ausschusses für Entwicklungshilfe der OECD operieren, haben in den letzten Jahren...
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An application of partial least squares to the construction of the Social Institutions and Gender index (SIGI) and the Corruption Perception Index (CPI)
Yoon, Jisu; Klasen, Stephan - 2015
In this paper the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is constructed with Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Partial Least Squares (PLS). Using the SIGI, we test the effects of social institutions related to gender inequality on several development outcomes, such as female education,...
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