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Essays on gender, migration, and development

Santos Silva, Manuel Pedro Duarte - 2018

This dissertation focuses on the relationship between gender equality and economic development, broadly defined. Since the seminal work of Ester Boserup (1970), gender equality is widely understood as being both an instrument for and a consequence of economic development. The first three...

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Pro-poor progress in education in developing countries?

Harttgen, Kenneth; Klasen, Stephan; Misselhorn, Mark - 2009

Spurred by international commitments and expanded funding at the national and international level, attendance in education and associated years of schooling have expanded substantially in developing countries in recent years. But has this expansion in enrolments reduced existing inequalities in...

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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 … erreichen. Um Hindernisse für eine optimale menschliche Entwicklung zu beseitigen, untersucht diese Dissertation die Wirkung von … Determinanten kindlicher Entwicklung auf der Ebene des Kindes, der Eltern, der Schule oder des Landes. Der erste Aufsatz stellt die …

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Economic development, structural change and women's labor force participation : a reexamination of the feminization U hypothesis

Gaddis, Isis; Klasen, Stephan - 2011

A large literature claims that female labor force participation (FLFP) follows a U-shaped trend over the course of economic development. This feminization U hypothesis is motivated by secular patterns of structural change in combination with education and fertility dynamics. We show that...

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Gender, institutions, and economic development : findings and open research and policy issues

Klasen, Stephan - 2016

Gender relations are a key institution governing important aspects of production and reproduction of societies. They are guided by formal institutions as well as informal norms and values. As this survey shows, there is great regional heterogeneity in gender inequality in formal and informal...

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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...

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