incidence of physical violence against women by 0.50 percentage points, or 2.75 percent. This is consistent with the financial … women's employment opportunities), conditional upon rates of male unemployment reduce the incidence of violence; a one ….87 percent. This is consistent with 'male backlash'. These patterns of behaviour are stronger among better educated women and …

We investigate whether legislation of equal inheritance rights for women modifies the historic preference for sons in …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender- based violence. Using … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …. We also find some evidence of an increase in women's labor supply following WPS opening, consistent with women feeling …

We evaluate the long-term impact of treating maternal depression on women’s financial empowerment and parenting … evaluate its long-run effects. We find that the intervention increased women’s financial empowerment, increasing their control …

There has been a phenomenal global increase in the proportion of women in politics in the last two decades, but there … economic activity in constituencies that elect women and no evidence of negative spillovers to neighbouring male …-led constituencies, consistent with net growth. Probing mechanisms, we find that women legislators are less likely to be criminal and …

and poorer countries, evident even among women who do not use IVF, and hold for numerous different measures of health. We … discuss potential mechanisms, showing evidence that favours selective miscarriage. Positive selection of women into twinning … implies that estimates of impacts of fertility on parental investments and on women's labour supply that use twin births to …

research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys methods used to obtain causal … extensive and intensive margin changes in both variables; consideration not only of women's participation but also of … across the lifecycle and across successive cohorts; and of recognizing that women's choices over both fertility and labour …

impacts. Women exposed to the war in their growing years exhibit reduced adult stature, increased likelihood of being …