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The Indian enigma revisited
Grafenstein, Liza von; Klasen, Stephan; Hoddinott, John - 2022
This paper re-enters the contested discussion surrounding the Indian Enigma, the high prevalence of chronic undernutrition in India relative to sub-Saharan Africa. Jayachandran & Pande argue that the key to the Indian enigma lies in the worse treatment of higher birth order children,...
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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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The fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa : the role of structural change
Büttner, Nicolas; Grimm, Michael; Günther, Isabel; … - 2023
Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition. We create a unique panel data set combining...
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The costs of missing the millennium development goal on gender equity
Abu-Ghaida, Dina; Klasen, Stephan - 2003
At the Millennium Summit, the world community pledged to promote gender equality and chose as a specific target the 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...
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The costs of missing the millennium development goal on gender equity
Abu-Ghaida, Dina (contributor); Klasen, Stephan (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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The costs of missing the millennium evelopment goal on gender equity
Abu-Ghaida, Dina; Klasen, Stephan - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 32 (2004) 7, pp. 1075-1107
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The Costs of Missing the Millennium Development Goal on Gender Equity
Abu-Ghaida, Dina; Klasen, Stephan - 2021
At the Millennium Summit, the world community pledged to promote gender equality and chose as a specific target the 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319469
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Risks, insurance, shocks : case study and experimental evidence from Colombia
Dietrich, Stephan - 2013
In this dissertation I present novel findings that analyze the effects of insurances on the resilience to shocks and household's risk taking behavior. Moreover, the question is raised as to whether there could actually be something good about shocks, as they could trigger processes of social...
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How the new international goal for child mortality is unfair to sub-Saharan Africa (again)
Lange, Simon; Klasen, Stephan - 2016
The post-2015 development includes level-end goals for both under-five and neonatal mortality to be obtained by 2030: no more than 25 and 12 deaths per 1,000 births, respectively. Recent accelerations in the rate of reduction in under-five mortality have been cited as a cause for optimism. In...
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Gender difference in support for democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa : do social institutions matter?
Konte, Maty; Klasen, Stephan - In: Feminist economics 22 (2016) 2, pp. 55-86
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