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dc.contributor.authorFriesen, Juliaen
dc.contributor.authorBaten, Jörgen
dc.contributor.authorPrayon, Valeriaen
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-16-
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-17T13:32:46Z-
dc.date.available2012-02-17T13:32:46Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-60402en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/55451-
dc.description.abstractThis 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.isoengen
dc.publisher|aUniversity of Tübingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences |cTübingenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aUniversity of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance |x29en
dc.subject.jelI21en
dc.subject.jelN35en
dc.subject.jelO15en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordhuman capitalen
dc.subject.keywordage-heapingen
dc.subject.keywordeducationen
dc.subject.keywordgender inequalityen
dc.subject.keywordnumeracyen
dc.subject.keyworddevelopmenten
dc.subject.keywordasiaen
dc.subject.stwBildungsinvestitionen
dc.subject.stwGeschlechterdiskriminierungen
dc.subject.stwFrauenbildungen
dc.subject.stwBildungsniveauen
dc.subject.stwEntwicklungsstufeen
dc.subject.stwAsienen
dc.titleWomen Count: Gender (in-)equalities in the human capital development in Asia, 1900-60-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn685565599en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:tuewef:29en

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