Social Institutions, Gender Inequality, and Regional Convergence in Developing Countries.
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Branisa Caballero, Boris. Social Institutions, Gender Inequality, and Regional Convergence in Developing Countries. 1st ed. Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2012. Ã2012. 1 online resource (258 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Goettinger Studien Zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics Series ; v.33 Cover -- Editor's Preface -- Author's Preface -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction and Overview -- 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. Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. Electronic books. Print version: Branisa Caballero, Boris Social Institutions, Gender Inequality, and Regional Convergence in Developing Countries Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,c2012 9783631614228 ProQuest (Firm) Goettinger Studien Zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics Series https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=30686109 Click to View |
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Branisa Caballero, Boris. Social Institutions, Gender Inequality, and Regional Convergence in Developing Countries. Goettinger Studien Zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics Series ; Cover -- Editor's Preface -- Author's Preface -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction and Overview -- 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. |
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Social Institutions, Gender Inequality, and Regional Convergence in Developing Countries. |
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Social Institutions, Gender Inequality, and Regional Convergence in Developing Countries. |
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Social Institutions, Gender Inequality, and Regional Convergence in Developing Countries. |
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Goettinger Studien Zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics Series ; |
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Cover -- Editor's Preface -- Author's Preface -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction and Overview -- 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. |
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