Institutions, inequality and development / Maria Ziegler.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Ziegler, Maria.

Series:

Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik ; 31.

Göttingen Studeien zur Entwicklungsökonomik = Göttingen studies in development economics, 1439-3395 ; Bd. 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Social institutions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book focuses on the linkages between institutions, inequality and development. It analyzes formal political institutions, in particular the relationship between democracy and human development. It also centers on informal social institutions leading to the exclusion of population groups such as women and indigenous people. To measure these institutions in the case of gender inequality the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) and its five subindices are proposed and for the indigenous «disadvantage» the indigenous dummy is used. The dissertation shows that formal and informal institutions affect human development, the governance of a society and inequality.

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures xv; List of Tables xvii; List of Abbreviations xxi; Introduction 1; 1 Political Institutions and Human Development 9; 1.1 Introduction 9; 1.2 The Political Economy of Democracy and Human Development 12; 1.2.1 How Can Political Institutions Influence Human Development? 12; 1.2.2 What Determines Public Service Provision in Democracies? 16; 1.2.3 Summary and Working Hypotheses 18; 1.3 Empirical Links Between Democracy and Human Development 19; 1.3.1 Empirical Implementation 19; 1.3.2 Descriptive Statistics 22; 1.3.3 Panel Analysis 24; 1.4 Conclusion 30

2 The Social Institutions and Gender Index 332.1 Introduction 33; 2.2 The OECD Gender, Institutions and Development (GID) Database 36; 2.3 Construction of the Subindices 37; 2.3.1 Measuring the Association Between Categorical Variables 38; 2.3.2 Aggregating Variables to Build a Subindex 39; 2.4 The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) 41; 2.5 Results 44; 2.5.1 Country Rankings and Regional Patterns 44; 2.5.2 Simple Correlation with other Gender-related Indices 47; 2.5.3 Regression Analysis 48; 2.6 Conclusion 50; 3 Gender-Related Social Institutions and Development 53

3.1 Introduction 533.2 Social Institutions and Household Decisions 56; 3.2.1 Social Institutions and Female Education 57; 3.2.2 Social Institutions and Fertility and Child Mortality Rates 58; 3.3 Social Institutions and the Society: Governance 60; 3.4 Data 61; 3.5 Empirical Estimation and Results 63; 3.5.1 Empirical Estimation 63; 3.5.2 Results 65; 3.6 Conclusion 72; 4 Gender-Related Social Institutions and Corruption 75; 4.1 Introduction 75; 4.2 Empirical Estimation and Results 78; 4.2.1 Data 78; 4.2.2 Empirical Estimation 83; 4.2.3 Results 86; 4.3 Conclusion 89

5 Health Inequality in Bolivia 915.1 Introduction 91; 5.2 Data 98; 5.3 Methodology - Health Inequality Analysis 102; 5.3.1 Analysis of Health Inequality Between Groups: Contingency Tables and Multivariate Regressions 102; 5.3.2 Analysis of Health Inequality Within Groups: Concentration Indices 103; 5.3.3 Estimating and Explaining Under-five Mortality 104; 5.4 Results 106; 5.4.1 General Description and Bivariate Analysis of Health in Bolivia 106; 5.4.2 Results from Regression Analysis and Concentration Indices 107; 5.5 Conclusions, Further Research and Policy Implications 110; Appendix 1 115

Appendix 2 127Appendix 3 149; Appendix 4 157; Appendix 5 167; Bibliography 185

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Dissertation--Göttingen Univ., 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-202).

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ISBN:

1-299-43918-7

3-653-00576-0

OCLC:

818872918