election candidates in India. In patriarchal societies like India, conservative gender norms often discourage women from active … women's financial autonomy, education, and economic awareness following the inheritance reforms. Our analysis confirms that …

integration can provide women with increased education and employment opportunities, the extent of benefits might be limited by … underlying gender norms. We identify the impact of the policy by exploiting the program rule that assigned roads based on the … participation in other decision making and financial autonomy. Additionally, while we find positive impact on education, there is no …

colonialism on several drivers of women empowerment including education, fertility, marital age, gender norms, etc. While our …