Women Count: Gender (in-)equalities in the human capital development in Asia, 1900-60

Julia Friesen, Joerg Baten and Valeria Prayon

No 29, University of Tübingen Working Papers in Business and Economics from University of Tuebingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, School of Business and Economics

Abstract: This paper traces the human capital development of 14 Asian countries for the period of 1900-60, using the age-heaping method. We place special emphasis on the gender gap in numeracy and its determinants. In particular, we test the validity of a U-hypothesis of gender equality, implying that gender equality in numeracy declines at initial stages of development and increases again with higher numeracy levels. The U-shaped pattern is strongly confirmed by our data.

Keywords: human capital; age-heaping; education; gender inequality; numeracy; development; asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 N35 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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