Historical development

N Nunn - Handbook of economic growth, 2014 - Elsevier
This chapter surveys a growing body of evidence showing the impacts that historical events
can have on current economic development. Over the past two decades historical …

Beyond WEIRD: A review of the last decade and a look ahead to the global laboratory of the future

C Apicella, A Norenzayan, J Henrich - Evolution and Human Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Marking a decade since the publication of “The weirdest people in the world,” this special
issue is dedicated to exploring how to improve the quality of the science produced by the …

The long-run effects of the scramble for Africa

S Michalopoulos, E Papaioannou - American Economic Review, 2016 - aeaweb.org
We explore the consequences of ethnic partitioning, a neglected aspect of the Scramble for
Africa, and uncover the following. First, apart from the land mass and water bodies, split and …

The impact of culture and ethnicity on sexuality and sexual function

J Heinemann, S Atallah, T Rosenbaum - Current Sexual Health Reports, 2016 - Springer
Introduction The biopsychosocial paradigm recognizes that sexual development and sexual
difficulties may have multifactorial etiologies related to physical, psychological, and social …

[HTML][HTML] Resources and intimate partner violence in Sub-Saharan Africa

S Cools, A Kotsadam - World Development, 2017 - Elsevier
Combining DHS data for 580,000 women from 30 different countries in Sub-Saharan Africa,
we analyze how both the incidence and the acceptance of intimate partner violence vary …

[BOOK][B] Handbook of economic growth

P Aghion, S Durlauf - 2013 - books.google.com
Volumes 2A and 2B of The Handbook of Economic Growth summarize recent advances in
theoretical and empirical work while offering new perspectives on a range of growth …

Historical legacies and African development

S Michalopoulos, E Papaioannou - Journal of Economic Literature, 2020 - aeaweb.org
As Africa's role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of
history on the continent's economy and polity. We discuss recent works that shed light on …

[HTML][HTML] Polygyny and intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from 16 cross-sectional demographic and health surveys

BO Ahinkorah - SSM-Population Health, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In sub-Saharan Africa, where intimate partner violence has been found to be
predominant, several scholars have made efforts to understand its predictors. Socio …

Educational gender inequality in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A long‐term perspective

J Baten, M De Haas, E Kempter… - Population and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
To what extent did sub‐Saharan Africa's twentieth century schooling revolution benefit boys
and girls equally? Using census data and a cohort approach, we examine gender gaps in …

[BOOK][B] The first political order: How sex shapes governance and national security worldwide

V Hudson, DL Bowen, PL Nielsen - 2020 - degruyter.com
Our analysis raises important questions for the academic fields of international relations and
security studies, especially in light of the fact that the US Department of Defense (DoD) paid …