of their unassisted competitors. We test this possibility using a two-stage randomized experiment in Kenya which …

typically protect against shocks in the male sphere of economic activity. Often overlooked are women, the particularities of … that it directly addresses women's risk and is sold in units that are commensurate with women's expenditure … Kenya. Twenty-four percent of previously subsidized households that received the novel contractual formulation purchased …

sector and address high levels of unemployment, particularly among women and the youth. This paper explores how one such … doubled the share of women in treated firms. Importantly, we find that these short-term effects persisted for at least three …

may explain why other similar studies found such programs to be more effective for women than for men. In particular for … younger women a key effect of the programs is to reduce or postpone pregnancies and to increase the attachment to the labor …

family policies on women's careers and children's wellbeing. There is to date little or no evidence of beneficial effects of …