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Social institutions, gender inequality, and regional convergence in developing countries /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Branisa Caballero, Boris
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, ©2012.
Series:Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik ; 33.
Subjects:
Social institutions > Developing countries.
Sex discrimination > Developing countries.
Economic development > Colombia.
Convergence (Economics) > Colombia > 20th century.
Convergence (Economics)
Economic development.
Sex discrimination.
Social institutions.
Colombia.
Developing countries.
Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung.
Konvergenz.
Frau.
Ungleichheit.
Institution > Soziologie.
Regionale Disparität.
Kolumbien.
Entwicklungsländer.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance / Money Management.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • I. Social institutions and gender inequality
  • 1. The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI)
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. The Database
  • 1.3. Construction of the Subindices
  • 1.3.1. Measuring the Association between Categorical Variables
  • 1.3.2. Aggregating Variables to Build a Subindex
  • 1.4. The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI)
  • 1.5. Results
  • 1.5.1. Country Rankings and Regional Patterns
  • 1.5.2. Simple Correlation with other Gender-related Indices
  • 1.5.3. Regression Analysis
  • 1.6. Conclusion
  • 1.7. Tables
  • 1.8. Figures
  • 2. Why care about social inst. related to gender ineq.
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Social Institutions and Household Decisions
  • 2.2.1. Social Institutions and Female Education
  • 2.2.2. Social Institutions and Fertility and Child Mortality Rates
  • 2.3. Social Institutions and the Society: Governance
  • 2.4. Data
  • 2.5. Empirical estimation and Results
  • 2.5.1. Empirical estimation
  • 2.5.2. Results
  • 2.6. Conclusion
  • 2.7. Tables
  • 3. Reexamining the link between gender and corruption
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Empirical Estimation and Results
  • 3.2.1. Data
  • 3.2.2. Empirical Estimation
  • 3.2.3. Results
  • 3.3. Conclusion
  • 3.4. Tables
  • 3.5. Figures
  • II. Regional growth convergence in Colombia
  • 4. Regional convergence in Colombia: Income indicators
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Motivation and Background
  • 4.2.1. Economic Background
  • 4.2.2. Data Issues Affecting Convergence Results in Colombia
  • 4.3. The Solow Model and Its Estimation
  • 4.3.1. The Solow Model
  • 4.3.2. Absolute Beta-Convergence
  • 4.3.3. Conditional Convergence
  • 4.3.4. Parameter Heterogeneity: Are There Different Steady States?
  • 4.3.5. Sigma-Convergence
  • 4.4. Distributional Approach: Quah's Critique
  • 4.5. Empirical Estimation and Results
  • 4.5.1. Sigma-Convergence
  • 4.5.2. Absolute Beta-Convergence
  • 4.5.3. Conditional Beta-Convergence Using Control Variables
  • 4.5.4. Beta-Convergence Using Time-Series Cross-Sectional Data
  • 4.5.5. Kernel Density Estimators
  • 4.6. Conclusions
  • 4.7. Tables
  • 4.8. Figures
  • 5. Regional convergence in Colombia: Social indicators
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Motivation
  • 5.3. Methods for Measuring Convergence
  • 5.4. Data and Empirical Estimation
  • 5.4.1. Data
  • 5.4.2. Empirical estimation
  • 5.5. Results
  • 5.5.1. Literacy Rate
  • 5.5.2. Infant Survival Rate
  • 5.5.3. Life Expectancy at Birth
  • 5.5.4. Nourishment
  • 5.6. Conclusions
  • 5.7. Tables
  • 5.8. Figures
  • Appendices
  • Appendix to Essay 1.