1986-2007. Utilizing variation in firstborn gender and dowry amounts across marriage markets, the paper finds that the …The ancient custom of dowry, that is, bride-to-groom marriage payments, remains ubiquitous in many contemporary … societies. This paper examines whether dowry impacted household decision making and resource allocation in rural India during …

indicators often targeted in women's empowerment programs, such as gender norms and female employment and education. These …

economic growth and designing well-targeted, gender-sensitive labor policies. How respondent selection in household and labor … include household wealth, proxy reporting, and potential difficulties associated with interpreting/answering questions on … household non-farm enterprises …

decisions to analyze how the design of a privatized pension system affects gender pension gaps. Chile has one of the longest … countries and was reformed in 2008 to alleviate old- age poverty and reduce gender pension gaps. The paper estimates the dynamic … impacts. The analysis finds that household structure is an important determinant of the behavioral and distributional impacts …

household composition, gender power dynamics, disability, care responsibilities, marital arrangements, intrahousehold …This paper assesses how household context and characteristics shape the welfare trajectory and more specifically the … social assistance program. The analysis is based on a unique data set combining panel household survey data with in …

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women …'s outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality …. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …