This article investigates the causal relationship between women's schooling and fertility by exploiting variation … model finds that the removal of school fees led to an increase in schooling for Ethiopian women and that each additional … women's ideal number of children …

This paper analyzes the effects of land market restrictions on the rural labor market outcomes for women. The existing … women's labor force participation, but a negative effect on female wages. The empirical results thus contradict a collateral …

correlation is only present among women with less education or who were younger at first marriage. These results are consistent … entering the labor force as a husband seeks to counteract her increased bargaining power. By contrast, husbands of women who … inconsistent with the implications of a reverse causality model in which women enter the labor force to escape violent situations …

monetary costs among women in rural Nigeria. To measure psychic costs, vaccine take-up between two conditions to receive cash …

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 … percentage points. Two main explanations are found. First, women identify themselves (and are identified) primarily as housewives …

This paper seeks to fill a knowledge gap relative to the low uptake of services for women living in situations of … protect women from domestic violence. Through qualitative research, this paper explores the experience of women survivors of … violence against women (VAW) in seeking help to exit abusive relationships, with the aim of identifying avenues to strengthen …

Intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence against women in conflict and non-conflict settings, but …-based difference-in-difference model to examine the effect of the Boko Haram insurgency on women's experience of physical and sexual … intimate partner violence. It also examines the effect of the Boko Haram insurgency on women's experience of controlling …

since 2001, women's employment participation across South Asian countries has been low and broadly unchanged; (ii) the … some countries, and; (v) women with mid-level education tend to have lower employment rates than those with both lower and …

Improving women's agency, namely their ability to define goals and act on them, is crucial for advancing gender … equality and the empowerment of women. Yet, existing frameworks for women's agency measurement -- both disorganized and partial … -- provide a fragmented understanding of the constraints women face in exercising their agency, restricting the design of quality …