Development, dependence, and gender inequality in the Third World.
While there has been much recent empirical investigation of the relationship between economic development, dependence, and income inequality, the issue of gender inequality has received less systematic attention.  This exploratory study is a cross-sectional investigation of the effects of industrialization and investment, debt, and export dependency on levels of female education, and on rates of female economic participation, both absolutely and relative to male rates in 60 less developed countries.  Although some of the macroeconomic indicators emerge as significant predictors of gender inequality in several of the regression equations, the most important explanatory variable is cultural region.  These findings fail to lend strong empirical support to either the modernization or the dependency/world system theoretical perspective.  The concluding discussion speculates on the interpretation of the research findings, offers some observations on the conceptual distinctions between class and gender stratification, and suggestions some directions for future research.
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D000383:Agriculture; D003132:Commerce; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005843:Geography; D007182:Income; D007221:Industry; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012744:Sex Ratio; D012922:Social Change; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014933:Women's Rights
Agriculture; Commerce; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Employment Status--women; Geographic Factors; Income; Industry; Population; Population Characteristics; Sex Distribution; Sex Factors; Sex Ratio; Social Change; Social Development; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; Women's Status