Women’s empowerment has been identified as a prerequisite for poverty reduction. In addition to driving overall economic growth, women’s empowerment has been found to have beneficial effects on fertility rates, child health and education outcomes, as well as community development. This...

The present dissertation aims to describe three essays related to labor market institutions, growth and gender inequality. Essay 1 addresses the impact of labor market institutions on economic growth. Using a quantitative study and considering the time and country-specific characteristics, I...

This book contributes to the understanding of gender and regional inequalities in developing countries. First, it deals with social institutions related to gender inequality and proposes new composite indices to measure them. Using these indices, some interesting empirical connections between...

SWD-Schlagwörter: Entrepreneurship, Frauenförderung, Armutsbekämpfung, Subsaharisches Afrika . - Freie Schlagwörter (Deutsch): Weibliches Unternehmertum, wirtschaftliches Empowerment, Geschlechterrollen, randomisiertes Kontrollgruppenexperiment, Latent Profile Analysis. - Freie Schlagwörter...