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Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2012
schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People’s Republic of China and applying a simple …This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A … advantage—and schooling outcomes to make inferences about the relationships between specific aspects of economic growth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010992043
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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India
Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - 2014
This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333315
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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India
Anukriti, S - 2014
This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058297
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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India
Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd - 2014
This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014164957
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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India
Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744667
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What Drives Female Labor Force Participation? Comparable Micro-Level Evidence from Eight Developing and Emerging Economies
Klasen, Stephan; Pieters, Janneke; Santos Silva, Manuel; … - 2019
We investigate the micro-level determinants of labor force participation of urban married women in eight low- and middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to understand what drives changes and differences in participation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984627
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What drives female labor force participation? Comparable micro-level evidence from eight developing and emerging economies
Klasen, Stephan; Pieters, Janneke; Santos Silva, Manuel - 2018
We investigate the micro-level determinants of labor force participation of urban married women in eight low- and middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to understand what drives changes and differences in participation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011890623
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Reconsidering Gender Bias in Intra-Household Allocation in India
Zimmermann, Laura - 2011
Detecting gender discrimination among children in the intra-household allocation of goods from household surveys has … in the analysis at the state level. In general, girls experience gender discrimination especially from age 10 onwards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125461
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Women, Medieval Commerce, and the Education Gender Gap
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2013
We investigate the historical determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in the late nineteenth century … commerce quickly dissipates after national compulsory primary schooling is imposed at Unification, suggesting that the channel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086222
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Migration, Education Investment and Gender in Transition : Evidence from Tajikistan in the 2000s
Yamada, Daichi - 2017
This paper examines the gender-heterogenous effect of migration on adolescents' education in Tajikistan. Migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963767