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Replication data for: Human Capital Investment and the Gender Division of Labor in a Brawn-Based Economy

Year: 2012

Type: dataset

Abstract: A model of human capital investment and activity choice is used to explain facts describing gender differentials in the levels and returns to human capital investments and occupational choice. These include the higher return to and level of schooling, the small effect of healthiness on wages, and the large effect of healthiness on schooling for females relative to males. The model incorporates gender differences in the level and responsiveness of brawn to nutrition in a Roy-economy setting in which activities reward skill and brawn differentially. Evidence from rural Bangladesh provides support for the model and the importance of the distribution of brawn.

Source: ICPSR Data Holdings

DOI: 10.3886/e112575v1

Authors: Pitt, Mark M., Rosenzweig, Mark R., Hassan, Mohammad Nazmul

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3083826531

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