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 … significant peer effects on only a few of the examined measures of women's autonomy. In contrast, peer effects exist on all …

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 … unintended consequences and may fail to make children better off. Moreover, different forms of empowering women may lead to …

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 …

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 …

Marital shocks are exceedingly common for women in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper investigates whether women who have … suffered a marital rupture experience lower welfare levels relative to married women in their first union. Conditional means … for women's nutritional status are compared by marital status across 20 countries. Overall, the results indicate …

It is known that Muslim women in Nigeria have significantly worse nutritional status than their Christian counterparts … wealth, and women?s education. However, on accounting for observable characteristics, Muslim widows enjoy a higher … mistreated upon widowhood by in-laws. Muslim women are more likely to be chronically undernourished but less nutritionally …

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 …

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 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 …