The Role of Historical Resource Constraints in Modern Gender Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis

We posit that historical resource scarcities played a role in the emergence of gender norms inimical to women that persist to this day. This thesis is supported by our finding that nations' historical resource endowments, as measured by the historical availability of arable land, are statistically significantly negatively related to their present levels of gender inequality, as gauged by the United Nations Development Programme's Gender Inequality Index.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Hazarika, Gautam ; Jha, Chandan Kumar ; Sarangi, Sudipta
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	scarcity \| culture \| history \| gender

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 8374
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	794257925 [GVK] hdl:10419/101843 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izadps:dp8374 [RePEc]
Classification:	N90 - Regional and Urban History. General, International, or Comparative ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration
Source:	EconStor

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