-being using data from Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world with high levels of corruption and poor governance. We …

This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It … found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The …

This paper looks at the determinants of school selection in rural Bangladesh, focusing on the choice between registered … proportion of children sent to each school type. Using a unique dataset on secondary school age children from rural Bangladesh …

implemented in Matlab, Bangladesh in 1977. Village data from 1974, 1982 and 1996 suggest that program villages experienced extra … nearly two decades. Women in program villages also experienced other benefits: lower child mortality, improved health status … Bangladesh have many dimensions extending well beyond fertility reduction, which do not appear to dissipate after two decades. …

via women's labour force participation. Using data from the Young Lives Study and taking advantage of the spatial and …

This paper looks at the determinants of secondary school attendance in Bangladesh with a focus on the interaction … Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (BDHS) is combined with community information on the availability of non - religious … the sense that women have a relatively high level of mobility, the effect of non-religious school availability on …

In this paper we study the link between women's responsibility for children and their preferences. We use a large … survey data. We find more patient choices among women who have a higher number of children. The age of children matters: The … preferences of spouses diverge, and support the view that empowering women in developing countries should lead to more future …

ante players' abilities. It is found that a larger prize spread encourages women to increase effort, even when controlling …

There is evidence that women are more likely to live in poverty than men. Given the fact that the poor are more likely … to use welfare, it becomes useful to consider welfare usage among women. A-priori welfare programs are set up in such a … possibility among women and investigate if race/ethnicity and birthplace still have a role to play in the decision to use welfare …