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 …

identifies linkages between gender, economic development, and growth, however. This paper explores the macro effects of gender …, transmitted via the productive sector and in the household, in part due to the tendency for work - paid and unpaid - to be gender …-segregated. Macro-level policies in turn can have differential effects on men and women. Evidence that gender equality is itself a …