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dc.contributor.author | Friesen, Julia | en |
dc.contributor.author | Baten, Jörg | en |
dc.contributor.author | Prayon, Valeria | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-16 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-17T13:32:46Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-02-17T13:32:46Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.pi | urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-60402 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/55451 | - |
dc.description.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. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aUniversity of Tübingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences |cTübingen | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aUniversity of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance |x29 | en |
dc.subject.jel | I21 | en |
dc.subject.jel | N35 | en |
dc.subject.jel | O15 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | human capital | en |
dc.subject.keyword | age-heaping | en |
dc.subject.keyword | education | en |
dc.subject.keyword | gender inequality | en |
dc.subject.keyword | numeracy | en |
dc.subject.keyword | development | en |
dc.subject.keyword | asia | en |
dc.subject.stw | Bildungsinvestition | en |
dc.subject.stw | Geschlechterdiskriminierung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Frauenbildung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Bildungsniveau | en |
dc.subject.stw | Entwicklungsstufe | en |
dc.subject.stw | Asien | en |
dc.title | Women Count: Gender (in-)equalities in the human capital development in Asia, 1900-60 | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 685565599 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
dc.identifier.repec | RePEc:zbw:tuewef:29 | en |
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