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 …

This paper analyzes the effect of a woman's electoral victory on women's subsequent political participation. Using the … regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman … subsequent election. This stems mainly from an increased probability that previous women candidates contest again, an important …

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

Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction … of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9 to 12% decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also … decline made feasible by the introduction of antibiotics was significantly greater in states that had longer exposure to women …

a 0.1 standard deviation increase in test scores, but only for girls. We show that a reason for the gender … water provision to narrow test score gaps across countries and, within countries, across gender. …

, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …

unintended consequence may be increased within-household gender inequality. We analyse a tenancy registration programme in West …

IVF allows women to delay birth and pursue careers, but IVF massively increases the risk of twin birth. There is … limited evidence of how having twins influences women's post-birth careers. We investigate this, leveraging a single embryo … health and women's earnings following IVF birth, along-side an increase in subsequent fertility. We provide the first …

productivity of maternal mental health in the first 12 months of life. It moved outcomes for depressed women closer to outcomes for … women not depressed during pregnancy. …

We investigate whether politician gender influences policy outcomes in India. We focus upon antenatal and postnatal … public health provision since the costs of poor services in this domain are disproportionately borne by women. Accounting for … potential endogeneity of politician gender and the sample composition of births, we find that a one standard deviation increase …