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Effect of gender gap in education on district level GDP per capital of Nepal

Economic Journal of Development Issues

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Title Effect of gender gap in education on district level GDP per capital of Nepal
 
Creator Dahal, Madhav Prasad; Associate Professor of Economics
Tribhuvan University
Patan Multiple Campus
 
Subject Economics
GDP per capita; human capital; educational gender gap; cross-district data
 
Description Growth theories developed in the 1980s and 1990s incorporate education centered human capital to explain the cross-country and country specific variations in the per capita gross domestic product. This article examines the effect of gender inequality in education on the per capita GDP of the districts of Nepal. Gender inequality in education is more pronounced in less developed countries than in developed countries. Utilizing the data pertaining to the year 2001 taken from Nepal Human Development Report 2004 published by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) country office Nepal, we find that gender gap in education has obvious negative impact on district level GDP per capita of Nepal. This bears implication in policy formulation to minimize the gender disparity in education.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ejdi.v13i0.7211 Economic Journal of Development Issues Vol.13 & 14 2011, pp.65-74
 
Publisher Department of Economics Patan Multiple Campus
 
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Date 2012-12-12
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-Reviewed Article

 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/EJDI/article/view/7211
10.3126/ejdi.v13i0.7211
 
Source Economic Journal of Development Issues; Vol 13 & 14 (2011); 65-74
2091-2285
2091-055X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/EJDI/article/view/7211/5838
 
Coverage Nepal