Sustainable development, gender inequality and human resource capital

Tisdell, Clem

doi:10.1504/ijarge.2001.000010

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“…This inequality in the provision of education to women may have negative consequences on family size since as the literature shows, fertility of women declines as they receive more education. Apart from this, women in Kenya are most often responsible for most of agricultural production and so it is important and necessary to keep women informed of new farming techniques the use of which is environmentally beneficial (Tisdell, 2001). …”

Section: Summary Statistics: Family Size and Gender Preferencementioning

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Family size, economics and child gender preference: a case study in the Nyeri district of Kenya

Kiriti

Tisdell

2005

International Journal of Social Economics

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Kenyan women have more children, especially in rural areas, than in most developing nations. This is widely believed to be an impediment to Kenya's economic development.Thus, factors influencing family size in the Kenyan context are important for its future. A brief review of economic theories of fertility leads to the conclusion that both economics and social/cultural factors must be considered simultaneously when examining factors that determine the number of children in a family. The need to do this is borne out in Kenya's situation by utilising responses from a random sample of rural households in the Nyeri district of Kenya. Economic and social/cultural factors intertwine to influence family sizes in this district. After providing a summary of the main statistical results from the survey, we use multiple regression analysis to explore the influences of a woman's age, level of education, whether she has outside employment, whether the family keeps livestock, whether she expresses a preference for more boys than girls, whether the family uses only family labour (including child labour) and the size of the farm, which is used as a proxy for family income.It was found that preference for male children has an important positive influence on family size in this district. Women were found to have greater preference for male children than their male counterparts possibly because of their fear of being disinherited if they do not produce an heir for their husbands. Preference for sons was also found in allocation of human capital resources at the household level in that the female respondents were found to have lower levels of education than their male counterparts. Various long-term policies are outlined that may help to reduce the number of offspring of women in Kenya.

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Section: Summary Statistics: Family Size and Gender Preferencementioning

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Family size, economics and child gender preference: a case study in the Nyeri district of Kenya

Kiriti

Tisdell

2005

International Journal of Social Economics

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“…A study conducted by Šlaus and Jacobs (2011) argues that HC is an important determinant of resource productivity and sustainability. Although HC has been widely recognized as a potentially significant contributor to SD and highly relevant for management, Tisdell (2009) highlights the scarce IJSHE 21,5…”

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“…As HEIs are directed towards teaching and research, their HC is also very specific and directed towards specific activities, which may justify the different results obtained here. Returning to Tisdell (2009), this link is not yet very developed and needs further study with other types of variables.…”

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Stakeholders’ perceptions of sustainable development of higher education institutions: an intellectual capital approach

Pedro¹,

Leitão

Alves

2020

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Purpose This study aims to identify stakeholders’ perceptions of the effects associated with different components of intellectual capital (IC) on the sustainable development (SD) practices of higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach The empirical approach uses a structural equation model to provide new empirical findings in relation to 738 students and 587 lecturers/researchers at seven Portuguese state HEIs through quantitative research. Findings The results obtained are, firstly, important contributions to the literature on the IC and SD practices of HEIs, as a relationship between these two constructs is confirmed, especially through relational capital (RC) and structural capital (SC). Secondly, the stakeholders considered show different perceptions of the influence of the components of HEIs’ IC on these institutions’ SD practices, and thirdly, perception of the economic dimension is most influenced. Practical implications The empirical findings indicate the need to provide better information about HEIs’ policies and practices of SD and how the latter contribute to the SD of the institution and its region of influence. Originality/value No previous studies investigate students and teachers/researchers’ perceptions of the social, environmental, economic and organizational dimensions of SD in HEIs and at the same time how those perceptions can be influenced by the components of IC (e.g. human capital, SC, RC) in that institution.

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“…Therefore, even if parental benefit is not a consideration, maximising total private returns to children or investment in their human capital would result in a greater investment in sons than daughters. This may not however, be the socially efficient allocation of investment in human capital for reasons outlined, for example, in Tisdell (2001).…”

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Prejudice against female children: economic and cultural explanations, and Indian evidence

Tisdell

Regmi

2005

International Journal of Social Economics

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PurposeThe purpose is to outline and illustrate the economic theory of parental self‐interest and its implications for the entitlements of children according to their gender, and using empirical data, to determine the extent to which the theory is reflected in discrimination of parents against female siblings in different communities in eastern India.Design/methodology/approachUsing economic analysis, this paper outlines and illustrates the basis of the economics of parental discrimination against female children and structured questionnaires are used to collect data from village rural wives in the Santal tribal belt of West Bengal and in Orissa in Kondh‐dominated village to determine the extent to which economics explains parental discrimination between daughters and sons. The selection of the areas has been done on the basis that their different cultural dimensions may affect parental attitudes to female children. The statistical significance of differences in responses between the West Bengal sample and that from Orissa is tested using the chi‐squared test. Implications of the results for theory of parental discrimination between siblings according to their gender are outlined.FindingsIt is found that parental discrimination in favour of boys and against girls is much more marked in the Santal‐dominated belt of West Bengal than in the Kondh‐dominated villages of Orissa, where it is absent or virtually so. This is the case despite similar economic conditions and the fact that all the sampled villagers are relatively poor. Differences in cultural values seem to explain the difference.Research limitations/implicationsResults could be strengthened by using a similar questionnaire to survey wives in additional villages in the Santal tribal‐belt of West Bengal and in more Kondh‐dominated villages in Orissa, as well as in other cultural contexts. Furthermore, families in these areas are patriarchal. It would be interesting to obtain results also from Indian communities that have matriarchal families as in parts of Meghalaya.Originality/valueThe findings support the view that the behaviour of parents towards children (according to their gender or otherwise) is a combined result of personal parental goals, social structures and cultural values. Economic theories of the family are likely to be too narrow and may be misleading in their predictions unless they take into account the institutional and cultural contexts in which families exist.

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Sustainable development, gender inequality and human resource capital

Cited by 5 publications

References 22 publications

Family size, economics and child gender preference: a case study in the Nyeri district of Kenya

Family size, economics and child gender preference: a case study in the Nyeri district of Kenya

Stakeholders’ perceptions of sustainable development of higher education institutions: an intellectual capital approach

Prejudice against female children: economic and cultural explanations, and Indian evidence

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