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-making power. Yet quantitative evidence is limited. We show that Brazil’s Bolsa Família program has significant impacts on women …’s decision making, but with considerable heterogeneity in effects. In aggregate, Bolsa Família significantly increases women …’s decision-making power regarding contraception. This effect is driven by urban households, in which Bolsa Família also …