Electrification has been shown to accelerate opportunities for women by moving them into more productive activities …, but whether improvements in economic outcomes also change gender norms and practices within the household remains unclear …. This paper investigates the causal link between electricity access and women's empowerment, using a large gender …

In patriarchal societies, sticky norms affect married women's social circles, their autonomy, and the outcomes of intra-household … household; perceived social norms; and an outcome of household bargaining: investments in her children. The analysis instruments … bargaining. This paper uses primary data on women's social networks in Uttarakhand, India; the modal woman has only three friends …

how it affects women's health, reproductive outcomes, children's health, and children's education. The analysis uses a … reproductive outcomes. Women taking power is also better for children's outcomes, in particular for girls' health, but it is worse …This paper examines women's power relative to that of their husbands in 23 Sub-Saharan African countries to determine …

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 …

attendance on women's labor market outcomes, including their total annual wages, household income, and poverty status. The … latest rounds of the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey spanning the early to mid-2010s. Addressing endogeneity issues … with a regression discontinuity estimator based on children's birth months, the paper finds a sizable effect of childcare …

Improving the livelihoods of poor households and transitioning more women back to the labor force is a major challenge … in South Asia. Self-employment promoted through women's groups has often been cited as a promising intervention towards … this end. However, the evidence on the impact of such programs on household income and labor outcomes is limited …