Kenya for a randomly selected sample of poor daily income earners (such as market vendors), and collected a unique dataset … no interest and featured substantial withdrawal fees, take-up and usage was high among women. In addition, we find that … the savings accounts had substantial, positive impacts on productive investment levels and expenditures for women, but had …

Kenya for a randomly selected sample of poor daily income earners (such as market vendors), and collected a unique dataset … no interest and featured substantial withdrawal fees, take-up and usage was high among women. In addition, we find that … the savings accounts had substantial, positive impacts on productive investment levels and expenditures for women, but had …

rate is associated with an increase in the incidence of physical violence against women by 0.50 percentage points, or 2 ….52 percentage points, or 2.87 percent. That an improvement in women's employment opportunities is associated with increased violence … which women have more limited access to divorce than men …

We evaluate the long-term impact of treating maternal depression on women’s financial empowerment and parenting … evaluate its long-run effects. We find that the intervention increased women’s financial empowerment, increasing their control …

We investigate whether legislation of equal inheritance rights for women modifies the historic preference for sons in …

This paper investigates the consequences of sex imbalance in India's population for violence against women. We match … against women and marriage quality. We estimate that the elasticity of violence against women with respect to the surplus of … discernible impact upon property and economic crime. In probing mechanisms we argue that men are more prone to crime than women …