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Social norms as a barrier to women's employment in developing countries
Jayachandran, Seema - 2019
. I begin by describing how gender norms influence the relationship between economic development and female employment, as … more detail specific gender-related social norms and how they constrain women’s employment. I present examples of policies … aimed at dismantling these cultural barriers to female employment and the impacts they have. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122672
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Two for the price of one? : the contribution to development of the new female elites
Wolf, Alison - 2010
This paper describes the very different role played by female elites in contemporary developing countries, as compared to the 'early' industrializing countries of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It shows that women are far more important in business and politics in today's developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662231
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Role of Education in Women Empowerment and Development : Issues and Impact
Shetty, Sowjanya; Hans, V. Basil - 2015
educate a whole family. Women empowered means mother India empowered”. When women who contribute almost half of the population … access to education notwithstanding, gender discrimination still persists in India and lot more needs to be done in the field … of women's education in India. Women have so much unexplored potential which has never been tapped. As education is both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014133058
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The surveys : countries, methodology and poverty classifications
Johnson, Hazel; Horrell, Sara - In: Work, female empowerment and economic development, (pp. 11-31). 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003706978
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Work, female empowerment and economic development
Horrell, Sara (contributor); Johnson, Hazel (contributor);  … - 2008
This title discusses how to alleviate poverty in Africa, identifying the constraints under which women operate and policies that will aid growth and empower women, recognising the importance of bargaining parameters and the role of assets
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003513298
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Are women important for economic development? : an evidence on women's participation in labor market and their contribution to economic growth in 83 world countries
Lechman, Ewa; Okonowicz, Anna - 2013
A kind of gender revolution is passing through various countries in various continents. By being offered free access to educational infrastructure, women become better educated, improve their skills and capabilities, gain possibilities to enter the labour market and use financial resources to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802061
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Gender relations and female labour supply in East Uganda
Verschoor, Arjan - In: Work, female empowerment and economic development, (pp. 141-170). 2008
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Gender wage disparity and economic prosperity in Pakistan
Javed, Maria Faiq; Jadoon, Atif Khan; Malik, Ayesha; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-16
The present study is designed to examine the relationship between wage inequalities and economic prosperity in the case of Pakistan. Using provincial-level data for the years 2000 to 2020, the study estimated a multivariate regression model by employing Auto Regressive Distributive Lag (ARDL)...
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The benefits of considering gender in economic development
Ganguly, Sujata; Nikolova, Elena - 2024
. First, the chapter discusses the links between gender and economic development in employment and social protection, followed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015073280
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The contribution of female health to economic development
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2015
We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. In so doing we introduce a novel micro-founded dynamic general equilibrium framework in which parents trade off the number of children against investments in their education and in which we allow for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309090