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:	2014-08
Authors:	Hazarika, Gautam ; Jha, Chandan Kumar ; Sarangi, Sudipta
Institutions:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	scarcity \| culture \| history \| gender

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 8374 28 pages
Classification:	N90 - Regional and Urban History. General, International, or Comparative ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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