Economics Homework Help. Miami University Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Exercise
As Todaro and Smith note (pp. 311-18, especially p. 314), there seems to be a high correlation between women’s and girls’ status within the household and household fertility.
In this exercise, you will
- find data for their chosen countries on the country’s demographic situation (hint: fertility is presumably most appropriate here);
- find data on two indicators of women’s and girls’ status;
- arrange these data on one or more graphs using Excel; and
- write a brief narrative on whether you have found a relationship between demography and women’s status. Be sure to watch out for lags, i.e., if women’s status improves in a given year, demographic changes may not occur until several years later.
Data Sources
On the left, you will see where you can choose your variables (Country Report Columns), country, and time period.
- women’s and girls’ status: MDG Indicators (UN) (链接到外部网站。)
At the data source, be sure to click on Data at the top and choose your country from the drop-down menu. MDG Goal 3 is Promote Gender Equality and Power Women, with three indicators, namely (1) Equal girls’ enrollment in primary school; (2) Women’s share of paid employment; and (3) Women’s equal representation in national parliaments (see MDG goals (UN) (链接到外部网站。)for a table of goals and progress by region).
If you are unfamiliar or rusty with making graphics from data in Excel, a tutorial is available here Excel Quick and Simple Charts Tutorial (链接到外部网站。). Your product should be a professional looking and no longer than two pages, including graphics.
