LEADER 05163nam 22005173 450 001 9910310643803321 005 20240308225721.0 010 $a3-631-75354-3 024 7 $a10.3726/b13876 035 $a(CKB)4100000007655084 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30686109 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30686109 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007655084 100 $a20230911d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSocial Institutions, Gender Inequality, and Regional Convergence in Developing Countries 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aFrankfurt a.M. :$cPeter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,$d2012. 210 4$dİ2012. 215 $a1 online resource (258 pages) 225 1 $aGoettinger Studien Zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics Series ;$vv.33 327 $aCover -- Editor's Preface -- Author's Preface -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction and Overview -- I Social institutions and gender inequality -- 1 The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Database -- 1.3 Construction of the Subindices -- 1.3.1 Measuring the Association between Categorical Variables -- 1.3.2 Aggregating Variables to Build a Subindex -- 1.4 The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) -- 1.5 Results -- 1.5.1 Country Rankings and Regional Patterns -- 1.5.2 Simple Correlation with other Gender-related Indices -- 1.5.3 Regression Analysis -- 1.6 Conclusion -- 1.7 Tables -- 1.8 Figures -- 2 Why care about social inst. related to gender ineq. -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Social Institutions and Household Decisions -- 2.2.1 Social Institutions and Female Education -- 2.2.2 Social Institutions and Fertility and Child Mortality Rates -- 2.3 Social Institutions and the Society: Governance -- 2.4 Data -- 2.5 Empirical estimation and Results -- 2.5.1 Empirical estimation -- 2.5.2 Results -- 2.6 Conclusion -- 2.7 Tables -- 3 Reexamining the link between gender and corruption -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Empirical Estimation and Results -- 3.2.1 Data -- 3.2.2 Empirical Estimation -- 3.2.3 Results -- 3.3 Conclusion -- 3.4 Tables -- 3.5 Figures -- II Regional growth convergence in Colombia -- 4 Regional convergence in Colombia: Income indicators -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Motivation and Background -- 4.2.1 Economic Background -- 4.2.2 Data Issues Affecting Convergence Results in Colombia -- 4.3 The Solow Model and Its Estimation -- 4.3.1 The Solow Model -- 4.3.2 Absolute Beta-Convergence -- 4.3.3 Conditional Convergence -- 4.3.4 Parameter Heterogeneity: Are There Different Steady States? -- 4.3.5 Sigma-Convergence -- 4.4 Distributional Approach: Quah's Critique. 327 $a4.5 Empirical Estimation and Results -- 4.5.1 Sigma-Convergence -- 4.5.2 Absolute Beta-Convergence -- 4.5.3 Conditional Beta-Convergence Using Control Variables -- 4.5.4 Beta-Convergence Using Time-Series Cross-Sectional Data -- 4.5.5 Kernel Density Estimators -- 4.6 Conclusions -- 4.7 Tables -- 4.8 Figures -- 5 Regional convergence in Colombia: Social indicators -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Motivation -- 5.3 Methods for Measuring Convergence -- 5.4 Data and Empirical Estimation -- 5.4.1 Data -- 5.4.2 Empirical estimation -- 5.5 Results -- 5.5.1 Literacy Rate -- 5.5.2 Infant Survival Rate -- 5.5.3 Life Expectancy at Birth -- 5.5.4 Nourishment -- 5.6 Conclusions -- 5.7 Tables -- 5.8 Figures -- Appendices -- Appendix to Essay 1. 330 $aThis book contributes to the understanding of gender and regional inequalities in developing countries. First, it deals with social institutions related to gender inequality and proposes new composite indices to measure them. Using these indices, some interesting empirical connections between social institutions related to gender inequality and several relevant development outcomes are examined at the cross-country level. The second part of the book is concerned with the historical development of another type of inequality which is relevant for developing countries: inequality between regions. The topic of regional convergence in Colombia during the last quarter of the 20th century is analyzed using different approaches and focusing on both income and social indicators. 410 0$aGoettinger Studien Zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics Series 606 $aSocial institutions$zDeveloping countries 606 $aSex discrimination$zDeveloping countries 606 $aEconomic development$zColombia 606 $aConvergence (Economics)$zColombia$y20th century 615 0$aSocial institutions 615 0$aSex discrimination 615 0$aEconomic development 615 0$aConvergence (Economics) 676 $a306 700 $aBranisa Caballero$b Boris$01240323 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910310643803321 996 $aSocial institutions, gender inequality, and regional convergence in developing countries$92877552 997 $aUNINA