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NEA Presidential Address: Gender Inequality and Human Development in Sub- Saharan Africa

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This Presidential Address considers the effects of gender inequality on human development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Parameter estimates from quantile and ordinal categorical latent variable specifications of the relationship between components of the Human Development Index and measures of gender inequality suggests that human development in Sub-Saharan Africa increases with respect to improvements in several measures of gender inequality. The results suggest that inegalitarian laws, norms, traditions and codes of conduct toward women constrain both human and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

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  • Juliet Elu, 2013. "NEA Presidential Address: Gender Inequality and Human Development in Sub- Saharan Africa," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, vol. 40(2), pages 105-113, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:blkpoe:v:40:y:2013:i:2:p:105-113
    DOI: 10.1007/s12114-012-9152-4
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    Keywords

    Human development; Sub-Saharan Africa; Gender inequality; J1; J16; O1; O55;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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