This paper develops an interrelated set of hypotheses about the links between gender relations, family systems and economic development in EurAsia. Firstly, we briefly discuss a number of ideas from the recent literature about the links between gender relations and economic development. Secondly, we suggest a measure of historic gender relations via the classification and measurement of historical family systems, and offer a set of maps of the institutions concerning marriage, inheritance and family formation that determine the degree of agency that women enjoyed at the micro level. Thirdly, we discuss the possible explanation of the genesis of the EurAsian pattern in family systems and gender relations as a by-product of the spread of agri...
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International audienceIn this paper, a gender approach attempts to address social organization and i...
Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the role of the historical family as the instigato...
With the approach of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, it is appropriate for scholar...
This chapter develops an interrelated set of hypotheses about the links between gender relations, fa...
This contribution compares the EMP, and the associated Western European family system (inheritance p...
Development economists have long studied the relationship between gender equality and economic growt...
This dissertation explores the historical underpinnings of current day gender inequalities at a glob...
Last years have witnessed a growing interest in economics and cross-cultural studies in the role of ...
This chapter explores the role of gender equality on the long-run economicand demographic developmen...
The article in the light of the modernization theory explains how to change the age and gender of ma...
The main objective of this dissertation is to add a historical perspective to the debate on the link...
Does higher female autonomy increase human capital formation? To find out, we employ novel data on n...
The article discusses the impact of gender asymmetry on the socio-economic development of the countr...
For several centuries, women’s age at first marriage in Western Europe was higher than in the east (...
This chapter examines the role of economic factors in first marriage in seven locations in pre-indus...
International audienceIn this paper, a gender approach attempts to address social organization and i...
Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the role of the historical family as the instigato...
With the approach of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, it is appropriate for scholar...