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Taking power : women's empowerment and household well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa

Annan, Jeannie; Donald, Aletheia; Goldstein, Markus P.; … - 2019

how it affects women's health, reproductive outcomes, children's health, and children's education. The analysis uses a …

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Up before dawn : experimental evidence from a cross-border trader training at the Democratic Republic of Congo–Rwanda border

Croke, Kevin; García Mora, María Elena; Goldstein, … - 2020

procedures, tariffs, and rights to small-scale traders to facilitate border crossings, lower corruption, and reduce gender … gender-based violence by 5.4 percentage points (30.5 percentage points among compliers). The paper assesses competing …

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Tackling the global profitarchy : gender and the choice of business sector

Goldstein, Markus P.; Gonzalez Martinez, Paula; … - 2019

Sectoral segregation is often used to explain a large part of a well-documented gender earnings gap in business profits … inherited the business than women in female-concentrated sectors. They have similar education to women in female …

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Full esteem ahead? : mindset-oriented business training in Ethiopia

Alibhai, Salman; Buehren, Niklas; Frese, Michael; … - 2019

Is there a mindset gap holding women back in business? Can entrepreneurship training instill a set of attitudes, behaviors, and strategies that are thought to underpin success in business such as motivation, perseverance, and self-confidence? This study conducted two randomized controlled trials...

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Gender bias in SME lending : experimental evidence from Turkey

Alibhai, Salman; Donald, Aletheia; Goldstein, Markus P.; … - 2019

Gender disparities in small and medium-size enterprise lending exist around the world and impede the growth of millions … of women-led firms. This paper examines a potential driver of these disparities: gender-biased loan officers. Officer … reducing gender biased loan allocations by 6 percent. The results suggest that loan officers may use gender bias as a heuristic …

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