Can greater control over earned income incentivize women to work and influence gender norms? In collaboration with … Indian government partners, we provided rural women with individual bank accounts and randomly varied whether their wages … status quo). Women in a random subset of villages were also trained on account use. In the short run, relative to women just …

for women facing more restrictive social norms? We offered two days of business counseling to a random sample of customers … of India's largest women's bank. A random subsample was invited to attend with a friend. The intervention had a … were stronger among women from religious or caste groups with social norms that restrict female mobility …

experimental intervention among recently banked poor Indian women receiving government cash transfers via direct deposit. Treated … women were provided automated voice calls confirming details of transactions posted to their accounts. The intervention … increased women's knowledge of account balances and trust in their local banking agent. Indicative of improved consumption …