caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to education, credit and other means to generate income, so they earn … lower wages, which in turn prevents them from accumulating the assets they need to increase future income. The authors … analyze the ownership and use of income-generating assets, as well as access to them. Where there are market imperfections …

This paper explores the role of social networks in determining the participation of Bolivian women in income … its relative importance with respect to other individual characteristics, such as education or number of children in the …