The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic improvements in the legal rights of married women. Given that these changes … took place long before women gained the right to vote, they amounted to a voluntary renouncement of power by men. In this … paper, we investigate men's incentives for sharing power with women. In our model, women's legal rights set the marital …

pollution generated by coal fueled power units on the anemic status of children and women in India. We show that among very … among adult women. Impacts on anemic status are driven by the growth of PM2.5 pollution attributable to emissions from coal …

While a growing literature has shown that empowering women leads to increased short-term investments in children …, little is known about its long-term effects. We investigate the effect of women's political empowerment on children's human … exposure to women's suffrage during childhood leads to large increases in educational attainment for children from economically …

pregnant while attending school. Using panel data in Madagascar, we analyze the impact of teenage pregnancy on young women …

Programs that increase the economic capacity of poor women can have cascading effects on children's participation in … which these programs may affect children's activities. Based on a cluster-randomized trial, we examine how a program … providing capital and training to women in poor rural communities in Nicaragua affected children. Children in beneficiary …