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The Contribution of Female Health to Economic Development
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2015
investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307469
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Education and Growth with Learning by Doing
Marconi, Gabriele; de Grip, Andries - 2015
We develop a general equilibrium overlapping generations model which is based on the view that education makes workers … increase productivity. One important implication of the model is that the enrolment rate to education has a negative effect on … relationship between education and economic growth that has been found in the empirical macroeconomic literature. Conversely, for a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288208
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Family Planning and Ethnic Heritage: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo; Falco, Chiara - 2024
Family planning is a critical issue in countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa, where high fertility rates coexist with low contraceptive use alongside adverse perinatal outcomes. Using a combination of ethnographic, ecological, and folklore data, we investigate the role played in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015165921
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Gender Discrimination
Shen, Kailing - 2021
experience of women trying to break the glass ceiling, as well as the differential effects of education on boys and girls. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882473
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Empowerment Paradox? The Long-Run Impact of a Cycling Program for Girls in Zambia
Garcia-Hernandez, Ana; Prakash, Nishith; Steinert, … - 2025
This study examines the five-year impacts of a bicycle distribution program for adolescent girls in rural Zambia, implemented across 91 schools as part of a randomized controlled trial. While the program increased girls' self-reported empowerment and reduced experiences of domestic and intimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015422985
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The long-run effects of mortality decline in developing countries
Lehmijoki, Ulla; Palokangas, Tapio - 2011
Since World War II, mortality has declined in the developing world. This paper examines the effects of this mortality decline on demographic and economic growth by a family-optimization model, in which fertility is endogenous and wealth yields utility through its status. The decline in mortality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276154
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The Long-Run Effects of Mortality Decline in Developing Countries
Lehmijoki, Ulla; Palokangas, Tapio K. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Since World War II, mortality has declined in the developing world. This paper examines the effects of this mortality decline on demographic and economic growth by a family-optimization model, in which fertility is endogenous and wealth yields utility through its status. The decline in mortality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008788725
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Gender effects of education on economic development in Turkey
Tansel, Aysit; Güngör, Nil Demet - 2012
Several recent empirical studies have examined the gender effects of education on economic growth or on steady … and the direction of correlation. This paper undertakes a similar study of the gender effects of education using province … level data for Turkey. The main findings indicate that female education positively and significantly affects the steady …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282126
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Gender Effects of Education on Economic Development in Turkey
Tansel, Aysit; Güngör, Nil Demet - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Several recent empirical studies have examined the gender effects of education on economic growth or on steady … and the direction of correlation. This paper undertakes a similar study of the gender effects of education using province … level data for Turkey. The main findings indicate that female education positively and significantly affects the steady …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279256
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Gender Differences in Adolescents' Socioemotional Development and Their Later Economic Consequences
Azmat, Ghazala; Kaufmann, Katja Maria; Özdemir, Yasemin - 2022
. Ultimately, the effects on longer-run outcomes (subjective health, wellbeing, education) are grave and similar for both genders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296540