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 …. Then they assess the policy implications of these models. The authors find that targeting transfers to women can have …

explanation behind these findings may be economic and cultural. Jobless growth and the lack of growth in employment sectors such … as manufacturing and services, which proved critical for female employment in other countries, weaken labor demand and … strengthen the role of institutions that may discourage female participation, such as marriage, legislation, and gender norms …

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

attendance on women's labor market outcomes, including their total annual wages, household income, and poverty status. The … effects of childcare attendance differ by women's characteristics and are particularly strong for younger, more educated women …

In patriarchal societies, sticky norms affect married women's social circles, their autonomy, and the outcomes of intra …-household bargaining. This paper uses primary data on women's social networks in Uttarakhand, India; the modal woman has only three friends …' empowerment on a woman's autonomy, specifically physical mobility, access to social safety nets, and employment outside the …

conflict during marriageable age does not appear to have affected women's long-term marriage probability … intensity of violence to estimate the impact of conflict intensity on two key areas of the life of women in Nepal, namely … education and marriage. Overall conflict intensity had a small, positive effect on female educational attainment, whereas …

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 …This paper studies employment patterns and trends in South Asia to shed light on determinants of extremely low female …

This paper analyzes the incentives to labor supply faced by families, particularly mothers, with young children in the …-paying work for mothers with young children. Alternative remedies include a reform of the eligibility and withdrawal rules of the …

The institution of consanguineous marriage - a marriage contracted between close biological relatives - has been a … a bride and a groom. When marriage contracts are incomplete, dowries transfer control rights to the party with the … highest incentives to invest in a marriage. When these transactions are costly however, consanguinity can be a more …

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 …