gender roles, and also because it is likely to increase men's likelihood of using domestic violence as an instrument. Our … findings suggest that policies that seek to empower women and promote gender equality might paradoxically increase women …

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 …