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| Title: | | Women Count: Gender (in-)equalities in the human capital development in Asia, 1900-60  |
| Authors: | | Friesen, Julia Baten, Jörg Prayon, Valeria |
| Issue Date: | | 2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | | University of Tübingen working papers in economics and finance 29 |
| Abstract: | | This paper traces the human capital development of 14 Asian countries for the period of 1900-60, using the age-heaping method. We place special emphasis on the gender gap in numeracy and its determinants. In particular, we test the validity of a U-hypothesis of gender equality, implying that gender equality in numeracy declines at initial stages of development and increases again with higher numeracy levels. The U-shaped pattern is strongly confirmed by our data. |
| Subjects: | | human capital age-heaping education gender inequality numeracy development asia |
| JEL: | | I21 N35 O15 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-60402 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | University of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance
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