, even at a short network distances, researchers (especially men) are less likely to adopt women's ideas. Ideas from …

networks and improve well-being. We examine family planning access for women in India, who tend to be socially isolated and for … whom peer support may overcome intrahousehold constraints. Enabling women to jointly visit a clinic with other women not …. Moreover, this intervention was more effective in improving reproductive autonomy of women who faced greater intrahousehold …

We estimate the impact of female leaders on intimate partner violence experienced by women in districts from which they … women's modern contraceptive use - resulting from improvements in public provision of health services in exposed districts …

across cohorts within programs, we show that women entering cohorts with no female peers are 11.9pp less likely to graduate … the probability of on-time graduation for women by 4.6pp. These gender peer effects function primarily through changes in …

Observers have argued about whether highly-educated women are opting out of their careers and for families. If so, it … declines in employment. This paper provides a comprehensive study of recent trends in the fertility of college-graduate women …; and study the period from 1940 to 2006. In contrast to most existing work, we find that college graduate women are indeed …

stagnation in the share of women among economics Ph.D.s in recent years, there has been a remarkable rise in gender …-related dissertations in economics over time and in many sub-fields. Women economists are significantly more likely to write gender …

the likelihood of women being elected to state legislatures in India. We show that the program increased voter … prioritization of leader competence over gender, boosting the share of women among candidates and state parliamentarians and the …

stagnation in the share of women among economics Ph.D.s in recent years, there has been a remarkable rise in gender …-related dissertations in economics over time and in many sub-fields. Women economists are significantly more likely to write gender …