Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michèle; Voena, Alessandra - Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim - 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...