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Econ 113 Final
UCLA econ 113
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gender Ideology | * Social value system * Ex: Honor kilings, occupational segregation |
| HDI and GDI | HDI= Composite index number that incorporated measures of life expectancy at birth, adult literacy rate, and income per capita GDI = It takes into account gender differences in measures of life expactancy at birth, adult literacy rate and income per cap |
| Roscas in Kiberia, and why the % is like this? | * 84 % are women * Probablity of woman participating is 40%, man is 10% * Women hav larger preference for good, liek to save at a higher rate * Women can hide it from husbands |
| What are characteristcs associated with masculinity and femininity in Western Cultures? | 1. Anatomy, rationality, self interest, strength 2. Dependency, emotionalism and weakness |
| What are advantages of families? | PRIMES * Public goods * Risk Pooling * Institutional advantages (taxes etc) * Marriage specific investments (kids) * Externalities in consumption * Economies of SCALE |
| Underestimation of unpaid work? (4 sectors) | HIVS * Household economy * informal sector * volunteer work * subsistence production |
| Why are there Structural Adjustment Policies | * Debt accumumlation of the 1970s resulted from things like the oil crisis, lax lending of banks, and excessive spending in developing countries * As loans reached maturity, countries were unable to pay. Some reasons are the high interest rates, |
| Impact of SAPs on women | 1. Devaluation: Export sectors are female intesne. When the sector expands, women's employment increases, which increases domestic prices, which is likely to increase unpaid work 2. Emphaisis on exportable goods means importable sector decreases, a |