to the 'early' industrializing countries of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It shows that women are far more … greater equality is rooted in educational opportunities; and argues that both educational provision, and women's entry into … developing economies. -- elites ; higher education ; women ; development ; economic history ; families …

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women …. Considerable evidence is found that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …

While a growing literature has shown that empowering women leads to increased short-term investments in children …, little is known about its long-term effects. We investigate the effect of women's political empowerment on children's human … exposure to women's suffrage during childhood leads to large increases in educational attainment for children from economically …