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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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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 … bias is measured through a novel loan application experiment conducted with 77 loan officers in Turkish banks. The analysis …
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. The study does not find evidence of other gender differences in the hiring process …
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and investigated in different settings. Using a field experiment, this paper examines the presence and magnitude of gender …
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This study reports results from a randomized evaluation of a mandatory six-month Internet-based sexual education course implemented across public junior high schools in 21 Colombian cities. Six months after finishing the course, the study finds a 0.4 standard deviation improvement in knowledge,...
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The Sustainable Development Goals set a triple educational objective: improve access to, quality of, and gender equity … objectives simultaneously, in rural India. Using an experiment in 230 schools, the paper measures the effects of the program on ….7 percent in the second), reducing gender gaps in school retention. The findings show large learning gains of 0.323 standard …
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individuals' work activities. The problem is further complicated by the presence of widespread gender stratification of work and …
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The literature lends empirical support for the idea that improvements to transport infrastructure lead to economic development. How and why the benefits of better transport differ between genders is less clear. This paper attempts to answer this question by combining a nonexperimental impact...
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This study aims to understand women's engagement in economic activities in rural Honduras and why these activities may not be accurately reflected in official statistics. The study finds that women underreport their engagement in economic activities, including production for own consumption,...
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What are the costs to women of harassment on public transit? This study randomizes the price of a women-reserved "safe space" in Rio de Janeiro and crowdsource information on 22,000 rides. Women in the public space experience harassment once a week. A fifth of riders are willing to forgo 20...
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