The Impact of Gender Equality and ICT on Child Development: A Cross Country Analysis
The study uses a cross-sectional data set collected in 2006 for 136 countries in order to examine the relationship between child development and its determinants, such as the gender equality, information communication technology (ICT), and institutional variables. We test whether the child developme...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Turkish |
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Usak University
2015-07-01
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| Series: | Optimum Ekonomi ve Yönetim Bilimleri Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/202160 |
| Summary: | The study uses a cross-sectional data set collected in 2006 for 136 countries in order to examine the relationship between child development and its determinants, such as the gender equality, information communication technology (ICT), and institutional variables. We test whether the child development is related to gender equality, by using Gender Development Index (GDI) and Child Development Index (CDI) to take into account more than one dimension of gender equality and child development, respectively. The study finds that the impact of gender equality is most robust and significant variable in all regressions and its impact never disappears when control variables, such as the institutional quality and ICT, are incorporated into the regressions. |
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| ISSN: | 2148-4228 2148-4228 |