poverty-might actually have led to greater gender equality in India-by reducing poverty-linked gender discrimination. The …Economic theory suggests that growth may improve gender equality directly by raising women's employment and indirectly … by reducing poverty-thereby causing poorer families to discriminate less against females in intra-household allocations …

In this paper, we develop a three-period gender-based Overlapping Generations (OLG) model of economic growth for Côte d …’Ivoire by endogenizing life expectancy and linking growth and poverty. We then calibrate the model using the country …-specific data to illustrate the role of public policies in the model, and its implications for long-term growth, gender equality …

relative poverty of the French settlers. The mechanisms proposed are manifold, but they all rely on a key feature: a retreat … case for the Conquest’s initiation of the relative poverty of Quebec (also dubbed “economic inferiority” in the …

This study focuses on growth, poverty and inequality in Rwanda. We take a broad perspective, in two respects. First, we …

This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …