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 …

unintended consequences and may fail to make children better off. Moreover, different forms of empowering women may lead to …Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to their husbands) benefits children. Does … this observation imply that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? The authors develop a series of …

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 …

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 …

-making or attitudes toward the general role of women in society …

Living Standards Measurement Survey to examine the influence of household decision making on women's uptake of reproductive …A large body of research has attempted to explore the links between women's autonomy and their uptake of reproductive … health services. The analysis finds that women's decision-making power has a significant positive correlation with …

Individual level census and household survey data are used to present a rich profile of the young developing migrants … around the world. Youth are found to comprise a large share of all migrants, particularly in migration to other developing … countries, with the probability of migration peaking in the late teens or early twenties. The paper examines in detail the age …

This paper reviews empirical findings from economic analyses of the role of gender equality and women's empowerment in … range of development outcomes, the paper presents evidence on the impact of women's access to markets (labor, land, and … credit) and women's decision-making power within households on poverty reduction and productivity at the individual and …