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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
growth. The combined 'costs' of education and employment gaps in Middle East and North Africa and South Asia amount … respectively to 0.9-1.7 and 0.1- 1.6 percentage point differences in growth compared to East Asia. Gender gaps in employment appear … South Asia suffering from slower growth in female employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281815
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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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Labor savings in agriculture and inequality at different spatial scales: The expansion of oil palm in Indonesia
Kubitza, Christoph; Dib, Jonida Bou; Kopp, Thomas; … - 2019
Labor saving innovations are essential to increase agricultural productivity, but they might also increase inequality through displacing labor. Empirical evidence on such labor displacements is limited. This study uses representative data at local and national scales to analyze labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996828
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Economic Development, Structural Change and Women's Labor Force Participation: A Reexamination of the Feminization U Hypothesis
Gaddis, Isis; Klasen, Stephan - 2011
A large literature claims that female labor force participation (FLFP) follows a U-shaped trend over the course of economic development. This feminization U hypothesis is motivated by secular patterns of structural change in combination with education and fertility dynamics. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330006
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Economic Growth and Child Undernutrition in Africa
Harttgen, Kenneth; Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2012
Despite recent improvements in economic performance, undernutrition rates in Africa appear to have improved much less and rather inconsistently across the continent. We examine to what extent there is an empirical linkage between income growth and reductions of child undernutrition in Africa. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330039
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The roots of female emancipation: From perennial cool water via pre-industrial late marriages to postindustrial gender equality
Santos Silva, Manuel; Alexander, Amy C.; Klasen, Stephan; … - 2017
that have been discussed in the literature. We summarize these findings in a "seed theory of female emancipation" and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011746872
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Gender, institutions, and economic development: Findings and open research and policy issues
Klasen, Stephan - 2016
Gender relations are a key institution governing important aspects of production and reproduction of societies. They are guided by formal institutions as well as informal norms and values. As this survey shows, there is great regional heterogeneity in gender inequality in formal and informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518551
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
heterogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and endogeneity cannot easily be controlled for. The innovation of Acemoglu, Johnson and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264330
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
heterogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and endogeneity cannot easily be controlled for. The innovation of Acemoglu, Johnson and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265093
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The impact of demographic dynamics on economic development, poverty and inequality in Mozambique
Klasen, Stephan; Woltermann, Silke - 2005
In this paper, we analyze whether current demographic dynamics in Mozambique are likely to reduce per capita growth and poverty reduction. The findings suggest that population dynamics do not appear to be a major driver of changes in growth of per capita incomes, poverty, or inequality. At the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266846