Gender Inequality in Social Institutions and Gendered Development Outcomes

World Development

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 252-268

  Branisa, Boris ^a   Klasen, Stephan ^b   Ziegler, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Corruption; Female education; Fertility; Gender inequality; Social institutions

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; CORRUPTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; FERTILITY; GENDER DISPARITY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 84875809666     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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