LEADER 00000cam 2200685Ki 4500 001 on1085896755 003 OCoLC 005 20190221063129.9 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 190215s2012 gw ab ob 001 0 eng d 020 9783631753545|q(electronic bk.) 020 3631753543|q(electronic bk.) 020 |z3631614225 020 |z9783631614228 035 (OCoLC)1085896755 037 22573/ctvc0hprt|bJSTOR 040 JSTOR|beng|erda|epn|cJSTOR|dOCLCO 043 d------|as-ck--- 049 CKEA 050 4 HM826|b.B736 2012eb 082 04 306|223 100 1 Branisa Caballero, Boris,|eauthor. 245 10 Social institutions, gender inequality, and regional convergence in developing countries /|cBoris Branisa Caballero. 264 1 Frankfurt am Main ;|aNew York :|bPeter Lang,|c©2012. 300 1 online resource (xxiv, 228 pages) :|billustrations, color maps. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 data file|2rda 490 1 Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik =|aGöttingen studies in development economics,|x1439-3395 ;|vBd. 33 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228). 505 0 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. 588 0 Print version record. 650 0 Social institutions|zDeveloping countries. 650 0 Sex discrimination|zDeveloping countries. 650 0 Economic development|zColombia. 650 0 Convergence (Economics)|zColombia|y20th century. 650 7 Convergence (Economics)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00877202 650 7 Economic development.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00901785 650 7 Sex discrimination.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01114365 650 7 Social institutions.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01122537 650 7 Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung.|2gnd 650 7 Konvergenz.|2gnd 650 7 Frau.|2gnd 650 7 Ungleichheit.|2gnd 650 7 Institution|gSoziologie.|2gnd 650 7 Regionale Disparität.|2gnd 650 7 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance / Money Management.|2bisacsh 651 7 Colombia.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01205916 651 7 Developing countries.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01242969 651 7 Colombia.|2gnd 651 7 Entwicklungsländer.|2gnd 776 08 |iPrint version:|aBranisa Caballero, Boris.|tSocial institutions, gender inequality, and regional convergence in developing countries.|dFrankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, ©2012|z3631614225|w(DLC) 2011279466 |w(OCoLC)775075395 830 0 Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik ;|v33. 914 on1085896755 994 92|bCKE
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