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dc.contributor.authorDoepke, Matthiasen
dc.contributor.authorTertilt, Michèleen
dc.contributor.authorVoena, Alessandraen
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-24-
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-15T07:50:32Z-
dc.date.available2012-06-15T07:50:32Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201201113750en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/58668-
dc.description.abstractWomen's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing compared to developed countries. Historically, even in countries that are now rich women had few rights before economic development took off. Is development the cause of expanding women's rights, or conversely, do women's rights facilitate development? We argue that there is truth to both hypotheses. The literature on the economic consequences of women's rights documents that more rights for women lead to more spending on health and children, which should benefit development. The political-economy literature on the evolution of women's rights finds that technological change increased the costs of patriarchy for men, and thus contributed to expanding women's rights. Combining these perspectives, we discuss the theory of Doepke and Tertilt (2009), where an increase in the return to human capital induces men to vote for women's rights, which in turn promotes growth in human capital and income per capita.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x6215en
dc.subject.jelJ10en
dc.subject.jelN30en
dc.subject.jelO10en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordwomen's rightsen
dc.subject.keywordpolitical economyen
dc.subject.keyworddevelopmenten
dc.subject.stwGeschlechterdiskriminierungen
dc.subject.stwGleichberechtigungen
dc.subject.stwBildungsinvestitionen
dc.subject.stwGesundheitskostenen
dc.subject.stwHumankapitalen
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftswachstumen
dc.subject.stwEntwicklungen
dc.titleThe economics and politics of women's rights-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn697277240en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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