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 social institutions related to gender inequality and several relevant …

income inequality, and the remaining two on gender inequality. First, we jointly analyze the causal effects of geography … issues. We also show that effects of spousal age gaps between men and women significantly affect female relative to male … points, the time women spend at university by one month, and overall affects female education significantly more negatively …

The four essays collected in this volume aim is to shed some light on specific aspect in which women are discriminated … against (employment, education and access to health care) in developing countries and on the impact that gender inequalities … have on development. The first chapter investigates the impact of gender bias in education and employment on economic …