Social Institutions and Gender-Biased Outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa
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Keywords
Gender; Africa; Institutions; Culture;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2020-11-30 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2020-11-30 (Development)
- NEP-HME-2020-11-30 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
- NEP-LAB-2020-11-30 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2020-11-30 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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