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

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This book contributes to the understanding of gender and regional inequalities in developing countries. First, it deals with social institutions related to gender inequality and proposes new composite indices to measure them. Using these indices, some interesting empirical connections between social...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Branisa Caballero, Boris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, [2012]
Colección:Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik ; 33.
Temas:
Börngen, ...
1900-1999
Convergence (Economics) > Colombia > 20th century.
Economic development > Colombia.
Sex discrimination > Developing countries.
Social institutions > Developing countries.
Développement économique > Colombie.
Rapprochement (Économie) > Colombie > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Personal Finance > Money Management.
Convergence (Economics)
Economic development
Sex discrimination
Social institutions
Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Konvergenz
Ungleichheit
Institution > Soziologie
Regionale Disparität
Colombia
Developing countries
Kolumbien
Entwicklungsländer
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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