discernible impact upon property and economic crime. In probing mechanisms we argue that men are more prone to crime than women …This paper investigates the consequences of sex imbalance in India's population for violence against women. We match … district level administrative crime data by category to age- specific sex ratios in census data across four decades and, to …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender- based violence. Using … administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using … administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …

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 …

Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction … of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9 to 12% decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also … decline made feasible by the introduction of antibiotics was significantly greater in states that had longer exposure to women …

There has been a phenomenal global increase in the proportion of women in politics in the last two decades, but there … economic activity in constituencies that elect women and no evidence of negative spillovers to neighbouring male …-led constituencies, consistent with net growth. Probing mechanisms, we find that women legislators are less likely to be criminal and …