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The "missing women" dilemma in India has sparked interest in investigating gender discrimination in the provision of health care in the country. No studies, however, have directly examined this discrimination in relation to household behavior in health care financing. We hypothesize that...
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"The excess female mortality in India and other South Asian countries is no longer contentious. Less known are the reasons for such excess female mortality in the country. In this study, we argue that intra-household gender-discrimination in receipt of medical attention can be one of the most...
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The excess female mortality in India and other South Asian countries is no longer contentious. Less known are the reasons for such excess female mortality in the country. In this study, we argue that intra-household gender-discrimination in receipt of medical attention can be one of the most...
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achievement of gender equity in primary and secondary education by the year 2005 in every country of the world. Based on the … findings from a growing empirical literature that suggests that gender equity in education promotes economic growth and reduce …
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1987 and 2009. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, women's labor force …'s education, stigmas against educated women engaging in menial work, and falling selectivity of highly educated women. On the …
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While the majority of micro studies finds that rural education increases agricultural productivity, various recent … education in the international context appears to be a data problem related to the inappropriate use of enrolment and literacy … attainment, we show that education indeed has a highly significant, positive effect on agricultural productivity which is robust …
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While the majority of micro studies finds that rural education increases agricultural productivity, various recent … of education in the international context is rather a data problem related to the use of enrolment and literacy … Barro-Lee educational attainment dataset, we show that education indeed has a highly significant, positive effect on …
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1987 and 2009. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, women's labor force …'s education, stigmas against educated women engaging in menial work, and falling selectivity of highly educated women. On the …
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