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Jane Humphries
Researcher at London School of Economics and Political Science
Publications - 121
Citations - 4420
Jane Humphries is an academic researcher from London School of Economics and Political Science. The author has contributed to research in topics: Child labour & Wage. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 116 publications receiving 4065 citations. Previous affiliations of Jane Humphries include University of Massachusetts Amherst & University of Delhi.
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Gender equality, growth, and how a technological trap destroyed female work
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between gender equality and economic growth has been studied in the context of development economists, and the authors sketch the pathways with respect to gender equality in economic growth.
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Women and Children
TL;DR: The authors introduce some of the recent economic history literature that addresses this gap and discuss workplaces and wages of children and women, and their roles in the context of economic development, including the role of women and children in economic development.
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Destined for deprivation: human capital formation and intergenerational poverty in nineteenth-century england
TL;DR: In this paper, a model illustrates the intergenerational transmission of poverty through the effects of shocks to family income on children's general education and health and subsequently on their capacity to work and earn as adults.