associated with fewer non-marital sexual relationships for women. The data show a robust association between bride price payment … and lower rates of non-marital sexual relationships for women but not for men. …

of men to women in marriage markets - on individual consumption of married men and women, and indicate some of the ways … benefits women and used the positive association between brideprice and polygyny as evidence. Relying on D&S models of marriage … polygyny may be harmful to women. Furthermore, the positive association between brideprice and polygyny does not necessarily …

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 …

women) can help explain measurable outcomes such as marriage formation, intra-marriage distribution of consumption goods …

Higher body-weight (BMI) can affect labor supply via its effects on outcomes in both labor markets and marriage markets … expect that higher BMI will increase willingness to supply labor in labor markets, especially for women. We use US panel data … as an instrument for own BMI to address potential endogeneity of BMI in hours worked. We find that White women with …

This paper examines how traditional marriage market institutions affect households' financial decisions. We study how …

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 …