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Women's Empowerment and Economic Development

Duflo, Esther - 2011

Women's empowerment and economic development are closely related: in one direction, development alone can play a major role in driving down inequality between men and women; in the other direction, empowering women may benefit development. Does this imply that pushing just one of these two...

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The Economics and Politics of Women's Rights

Doepke, Matthias - 2011

Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing compared to developed countries. Historically, even in countries that are now rich women had few rights before economic development took...

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The economics of women's rights

Tertilt, Michele; Doepke, Matthias; Hannusch, Anne; … - In: Journal of the European Economic Association : JEEA 20 (2022) 6, pp. 2271-2316

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The Economics of Women's Rights

Tertilt, Michele; Doepke, Matthias; Montenbruck, Laura; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Two centuries ago, in most countries around the world, women were unable to vote, had no say over their own children or property, and could not obtain a divorce. Women have gradually gained rights in many areas of life, and this legal expansion has been closely intertwined with economic...

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The Russia-Ukraine war : selected economic impacts on African women

Papadavid, Phyllis - 2023

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Development Challenges in South Asia : A Contemporary Discussion on Gender Inequality

Bharti, Simant Shankar - 2023

The human development index (HDI) ranking and its value indicate the development challenge in South Asia, where the … indicator adopted by the United Nations and its institutions. The background of South Asia is like a battleground for a cycle of … contemporary development challenges and gender inequality in South Asia …

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The Economics and Politics of Women's Rights

Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michèle; Voena, Alessandra - 2012

Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing compared with developed countries. Historically, even in countries that are now rich, women had few rights before economic development took...

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Women’s Rights and Development

Fernández, Raquel - 2010

Why has the expansion of women's economic and political rights coincided with economic development? This paper investigates this question, focusing on a key economic right for women: property rights. The basic hypothesis is that the process of development (i.e., capital accumulation and...

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Women's political empowerment and economic growth

Dahlum, Sirianne; Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Mechkova, Valeriya - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 156 (2022), pp. 1-19

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The economics of women's rights

Tertilt, Michele; Doepke, Matthias; Montenbruck, Laura; … - 2022

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