Title Social institutions, gender inequality, and regional convergence in developing countries / Boris Branisa Caballero.

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Description	1 online resource (xxiv, 228 pages) : illustrations, color maps.
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Series	Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik = Göttingen studies in development economics, 1439-3395 ; Bd. 33
	Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik ; 33.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228).
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.
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Subject	Social institutions -- Developing countries.
	Sex discrimination -- Developing countries.
	Economic development -- Colombia.
	Convergence (Economics) -- Colombia -- 20th century.
	Convergence (Economics) (OCoLC)fst00877202
	Economic development. (OCoLC)fst00901785
	Sex discrimination. (OCoLC)fst01114365
	Social institutions. (OCoLC)fst01122537
	Colombia. (OCoLC)fst01205916
	Developing countries. (OCoLC)fst01242969
	Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung.
	Konvergenz.
	Frau.
	Ungleichheit.
	Institution Soziologie.
	Regionale Disparität.
	Colombia.
	Entwicklungsländer.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance / Money Management.
Other Form:	Print version: Branisa Caballero, Boris. Social institutions, gender inequality, and regional convergence in developing countries. Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, ©2012 3631614225 (DLC) 2011279466 (OCoLC)775075395
ISBN	9783631753545 (electronic bk.)
	3631753543 (electronic bk.)
	3631614225
	9783631614228

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