The Historical Gender Gap Index: A Longitudinal and Spatial Assessment of Sweden, 1870-1990
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Keywords
Gender Equality; Index; Development Process; Sweden;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2021-03-01 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EVO-2021-03-01 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-GEN-2021-03-01 (Gender)
- NEP-HIS-2021-03-01 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-LAB-2021-03-01 (Labour Economics)
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