The objectives of this book is to collect empirical analayses of who receives human capital--nutrition, health care, education, mobility, training--and what explains this allocation of intergenerational investment between males and females.

Table of Contents:
I. Overview and Experience of High-Income Countries
1. Investments in the Schooling and Health of Women and Men: Quantities and Returns
2. Obstacles to Advancement of Women during Development
3. The U-Shaped Female Labour Force Function in Economic Development
4. Public Policies and Women’s Labour Force Participation: A Comparison of Sweden, West Germany and the Netherlands

II. Labor Markets, Uncertainty, and Family Behaviour
5. Women, Insurance Capital, and Economic Development in Rural India
6. Information, Learning, adn Wages Rates in Low-ncome Rural Areas

III. Health
7. Gender and Life-Cycle Differentials in the Patterns and Determinants of Adult Health
8. Quality of Medical Care and Choice of Medical Treatment in Kenya: An Empirical Analysis

IV. Education
9. Daughters, Education, and Family Budgets: Taiwan Experiences
10. Gender Differences in the Returns to Schooling and in School Enrollment Rates in Indonesia
11. Educational Investments and Returns for Women and Men in Cote d’Ivoire

V. Household Structure and Labor Market in Brazil
12. POverty among Female-Headed Households in Brazil
13. Gender Differences in Brazilian Labor Markets