school. We also find negative effects on women empowerment measures for the unexposed women. The results suggest that the JSY … led to increase in women empowerment and improved cognitive outcomes for children. …

of compulsory education from 6 to 9 years on females' education, marriage, and fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data … Muslim women. The policy leads to a consistent drop in the probability of marriage and cumulative births for Muslim women …Increased education affects market and non-market outcomes. This paper investigates the causal impact of the extension …

focusing on the role of education. Female CUA is found to differ substantially across cohorts, with women from the younger … representative household survey for two cohorts of married women, I examine female CUA incidence and correlates in Bangladesh … cohort being far more likely to have complete autonomy over contraceptive use than women from the older cohort. Detailed …

Using data from the China Family Panel Studies, this paper exploits the Compulsory Education Law of China implemented … in the 1980s to empirically examine the causal impact of women's education on fertility in rural China by difference … results are also partly explained by more educated women preferring quality to quantity of children, placing a greater value …

whether, and to what extent, does the incidence of early marriage shape the married women's perspectives on gender preference … stronger at higher birth order and also reflects in differential spacing patterns. Women's education appears to be the … treatment effects) and a large set of model specifications, and find significant evidence supporting the role of early marriage …

We develop a model of intergenerational educational mobility incorporating gender bias against girls in the family …

education on women's family planning decisions. The key element of the reform was that it required students to complete eight … year and birth months. The reform led to an increase in total years of education, a delay in the age at first marriage, a …This paper exploits an education policy in India generated by a 2010 schooling reform to examine the effect of …

The paper examines the short-term implications of urbanization on women empowerment in India. In theory, urbanization … can affect women either positively or negatively. Women in urban areas, compared to their rural counterparts, are thought … women's empowerment remain widespread in urban environments. We measure urbanization using satellite-based nighttime light …

women's financial autonomy, education, and economic awareness following the inheritance reforms. Our analysis confirms that …This paper examines whether granting property inheritance rights to women improves their participation in politics as … election candidates in India. In patriarchal societies like India, conservative gender norms often discourage women from active …

colonialism on several drivers of women empowerment including education, fertility, marital age, gender norms, etc. While our …This paper examines the long-term link between British colonialism and women empowerment in India. We compare women … colonial rule. Controlling for selective annexation using a specific policy, we find that women who live in areas that were …