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The impact of gender inequality in education and employment on economic growth in developing Countries: Updates and extensions
Klasen, Stephan; Lamanna, Francesca - 2008
Using cross-country and panel regressions, we investigate to what extent gender gaps in education and employment … long time period (1960-2000), we update the results of previous studies on education gaps on growth and extend the analysis … to employment gaps using panel data. We find that gender gaps in education and employment significantly reduce economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281815
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Essays on gender, migration, and development
Santos Silva, Manuel Pedro Duarte - 2018
This dissertation focuses on the relationship between gender equality and economic development, broadly defined. Since the seminal work of Ester Boserup (1970), gender equality is widely understood as being both an instrument for and a consequence of economic development. The first three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012183581
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In Search of The Holy Grail: How to Achieve Pro-Poor Growth?
Klasen, Stephan - 2003
Pro Poor Growth has become a central concern to achieve sustainable poverty reduction in developing countries. Despite being widely used, the term is not well-defined nor has there been a clear policy document that would summarize the determinants and policy implications of pro poor growth. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324180
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In search of the holy grail : how to achieve pro-poor growth?
Klasen, Stephan - 2003
Pro Poor Growth has become a central concern to achieve sustainable poverty reduction in developing countries. Despite being widely used, the term is not well-defined nor has there been a clear policy document that would summarize the determinants and policy implications of pro poor growth. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518190