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human beings e.g. in their education and health. But for a considerable period in the past economists stressed the … capital. Nevertheless, in the second half of the 20th century the importance of human resource capital (particularly education …
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Much faith has been put in the increased supply of education as a means to promote national economic development and as … education of their workforce depends on the availability of other forms of capital to complement the use of its educated … and it is appropriate for less developed countries to spend relatively less on education. The contribution of education to …
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Reports responses to interviews conducted in three rural villages in Eastern India in January 2000 as well as replies to questions asked at a forest meeting in West Bengal of groups/persons interested in rural women and development. The questions were designed to provide information on...
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This article examines the effects of commercialisation of agriculture on land use and work patterns by means of a case study in the Nyeri district in Kenya. The study uses cross sectional data collected from small-scale farmers in this district. We find that good quality land is allocated to...
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Shows how economic theories based on parental self-interest may explain parental discrimination against daughters relative to sons. However, such theories often need to be adjusted (or even discarded) to allow for altruism of parents towards their children, and to take account of cultural...
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education as well as gender earnings differentials at the macro level. The study finds evidence of growing commercialisation of … remarkable improvements in women’s educational attainments compared to men. Further, female access to education is found to be …
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’s education reinforces women’s education and with increased workforce participation contributed to reduced fertility. The study …
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explore the influences of a woman’s age, level of education, whether she has outside employment, whether the family keeps … in that the female respondents were found to have lower levels of education than their male counterparts. Various long …
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This paper examines the causal links between fertility and female labor force participation in Bangladesh over the period 1974-2000 by specifying a bivariate and several trivariate models in a vector error correction framework. The three trivariate models alternatively include average age at...
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Indicators of gender inequality, poverty and human development in Kenya are examined. Significant and rising incidence of absolute poverty occurs in Kenya and women are more likely to be in poverty than men. Female/male ratios in Kenyan decision-making institutions are highly skewed against...
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