Female Empowerment as a Core Driver of Democratic Development: A Dynamic Panel Model from 1980 to 2005

World Development

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-54

  Wyndow, Paula ^a,b   Li, Jianghong ^b,c   Mattes, Eugen ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross nation; Democracy; Economic development; Gender equality; Gender theory; Modernization theory; Social institutions

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE EDUCATION; GENDER ROLE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MODERNIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84881240229     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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