Comment on Weir, Lay, and Langa, “Economic Development and gender inequality in cognition: A comparison of China and India, and of SAGE and the HRS sister studies”

Researchers often attribute diminishing gender inequality to economic development. When different aspects of gender inequality are examined, however, evidence points to both cross-national convergence as well as persistent (or even growing) heterogeneity in women's status. To make sense of this contradiction, we examine the extent to which culture moderates the relationship between economic development and gender inequality. We consider two dimensions of gender inequality, gender gaps in educational attainment and women's share of parliament, using data for 150 countries between 1980 and 2010. We find convergence toward greater equality in education, independently of economic development. But cross-cultural differences in female political representation persist or even grow as a function of economic development. Our results imply that economic development is not a direct pathway to greater gender equality. Rather, cultural legacies play an important role in shaping developmental trajectories.

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Gender and Politics in Japan

The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190050993.013.25 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Gill Steel ◽

Sherry Martin

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Political Participation ◽

Gender Inequality ◽

Gender And Politics ◽

Highly Educated ◽

And Gender ◽

Women's Political Participation

This article argues that Japan, a wealthy, secular country with a highly educated population, provides an important counterweight to assumptions about modernization and gender. The authors outline the ways in which gender inequality was a cornerstone of Japan’s economic development. This still has ramifications today for women’s political participation and representation, and for the quality of Japan’s democracy.

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Socio-Economic Development and Gender Inequality in India

Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development ◽

10.5958/0976-5506.2019.03556.3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 672

Author(s):

Telu Suvarna ◽

S. Chandrachud ◽

S. Thangamayan ◽

M. Ramesh

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Gender Inequality ◽

Socio Economic Development ◽

And Gender

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The Gender Features of the Labor Market in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Business Inform ◽

10.32983/2222-4459-2021-2-176-182 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (517) ◽

pp. 176-182

Author(s):

O. O. Khandii ◽

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O. O. Amosha ◽

D. O. Mosiichuk ◽

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Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Labor Market ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Gender Inequality ◽

Wage Gap ◽

Female Population ◽

Indirect Discrimination ◽

And Gender ◽

The Impact ◽

Gender Features

The article is aimed at exploring the gender features of the labor market in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the impact of quarantine restrictions caused by the introduction of anti-epidemic measures to counteract the spread of coronavirus disease in Ukraine, on the existing balance of gender equality in Ukrainian society. The identified gender inequality manifestations in the labor market have intensified and received negative dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quarantine restrictions and the limited activities of enterprises in the sphere of trade, culture, art, education, hotel business and others, in the structure of employment of which the women’s labor force prevails, have caused an increase in the number of unemployed and a decrease in the social protection of employees involved in these sectors. An increase in the wage gap between women and men during the period of quarantine restrictions both by type of economic activity and by region is identified. The proposals and recommendations are directed towards: taking into account gender needs in overcoming the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; reducing gender inequality and injustice in employment and income; ensuring support for political activity of the female population, involvement in decision-making in the life of both the community and the State; strengthening liability for direct or indirect discrimination and gender inequality; taking into account in the programs of socio-economic development of territories of gender needs as to different age groups; introduction of training aimed at ensuring gender approach and gender equality in organizations and enterprises; financial, economic, legal and educational support for the development of women’s business. Prospect for further research in this direction is to determine the impact of the existing level of gender equality and the structure of employment by gender in the sectors on the possibilities of economic development of the country.

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Peculiarities of Modern Dynamics of the Global Economy

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2010-9-78-92 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 78-92 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

V. Klinov

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Economic Development ◽

Business Cycles ◽

Global Economy ◽

Long Waves ◽

Rapid Expansion ◽

Business Taxation ◽

Modern World ◽

China And India ◽

World Economic

Rates and factors of modern world economic growth and the consequences of rapid expansion of the economies of China and India are analyzed in the article. Modification of business cycles and long waves of economic development are evaluated. The need of reforming business taxation is demonstrated.

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African Americans and the Crisis of Modernity

Explorations in Ethnic Studies ◽

10.1525/esr.2018.411207 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 41 (1-2) ◽

pp. 53-60

Author(s):

Eric S. King

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Gender Inequality ◽

Black People ◽

Black Family ◽

The Sun ◽

Economic Problems ◽

And Gender ◽

Crisis Of Modernity

This article examines Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun by exploring the conflict between a traditionally Southern, Afro-Christian, communitarian worldview and certain more destabilizing elements of the worldview of modernity. In addition to examining the socio-economic problems confronted by some African Americans in the play, this article investigates the worldviews by which these Black people frame their problems as well as the dynamics within the relationships of a Black family that lives at the intersection of racial, class, and gender inequality in Chicago during the latter 1950s.

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