of India's largest women's bank. A random subsample was invited to attend with a friend. The intervention had a … for women facing more restrictive social norms? We offered two days of business counseling to a random sample of customers … were stronger among women from religious or caste groups with social norms that restrict female mobility …

heightened entrepreneurship is due to channels like greater finance access or heightened inspiration for women entrepreneurs …We quantify the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India … with the role of women in India's manufacturing sector. While overall employment of women in manufacturing does not …

We develop a framework for identifying and quantifying barriers to entry and operation faced by female entrepreneurs in … entrepreneurs still face substantial entry and business registration costs (almost twice their male counterparts'). The costs of … expanding a business, conditional on entry, are also substantially higher for women. However, there is one area in which female …

entrepreneurship and rule of law that predicts that women will only start businesses when they have both formal legal protection and … a comparative advantage at violence and there is little rule-of-law, then unequal bargaining power can lead women to … segregate into low-return industries and avoid entrepreneurship altogether. In this paper, we present a model of female …

We analyze the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. We … entrepreneurship relative to male entrepreneurship. We find evidence of agglomeration economies in both sectors, where higher female … ownership among incumbent businesses within a district-industry predicts a greater share of subsequent entrepreneurs will be …

predicts human capital should respond to market returns, social norms (e.g., disapproval of women working outside the home) may … weaken or even sever this link for girls. Though many studies have examined the link between women's wages or labor force … overcome these problems, we provided three years of recruiting services to help young women in randomly selected Indian …

Reducing gender-specific commuting barriers in developing countries has complex and diverse effects on women's labor … dynamics. We study a program that offers free bus rides for women in several Indian states (the Pink Slip program) using a … synthetic difference-in-differences approach to shed light on labor supply and time use decisions of women. We observe decreased …