Economic Development and Gender Equality: Is There a Gender Kuznets Curve?

Economic Development and Gender Equality: Is There a Gender Kuznets Curve? Research Note Economic Development and Gender Equality Is There a Gender Kuznets Curve?

Joshua Eastin and Aseem Prakash World Politics / Volume 65 / Issue 01 / January 2013, pp 156 ­ 186 DOI: 10.1017/S0043887112000275, Published online: 11 January 2013 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0043887112000275 How to cite this article: Joshua Eastin and Aseem Prakash (2013). Economic Development and Gender Equality: Is There a Gender Kuznets Curve?. World Polit...

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