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Gender, crime and punishment : evidence from women police stations in India
Amaral, Sofia; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Prakash, Nishith - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028370
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Household savings and marriage payments : evidence from dowry in India
Anukriti, S; Kwon, Sungoh; Prakash, Nishith - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881499
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Household savings and marriage payments : evidence from dowry in India
Anukriti, S; Kwon, Sungoh; Prakash, Nishith - 2018
This paper examines how traditional marriage market institutions affect households' financial decisions. We study how bride-to-groom marriage payments, i.e., dowries, influence saving behavior in rural India. Exploiting variation in firstborn gender and heterogeneity in dowry amounts across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845475
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Household savings and marriage payments : evidence from dowry in India
Anukriti, S; Kwon, Sungoh; Prakash, Nishith - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011890995
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Political decentralization, women's reservation and child health outcomes : a case study of rural Bihar
Kumar, Santosh; Prakash, Nishith - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009660843
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Household Savings and Marriage Payments : Evidence from Dowry in India
Anukriti, S - 2018
This paper examines how traditional marriage market institutions affect households' financial decisions. We study how bride-to-groom marriage payments, i.e., dowries, influence saving behavior in rural India. Exploiting variation in firstborn gender and heterogeneity in dowry amounts across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920452
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Saving for dowry : evidence from rural India
Anukriti, S; Kwon, Sungoh; Prakash, Nishith - 2020
The ancient custom of dowry, that is, bride-to-groom marriage payments, remains ubiquitous in many contemporary societies. This paper examines whether dowry impacted household decision making and resource allocation in rural India during 1986-2007. Utilizing variation in firstborn gender and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390589
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Gender, crime and punishment: evidence from women police stations in India
Amaral, Sofia; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Prakash, Nishith - 2021
We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender- based violence. Using … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …. We also find some evidence of an increase in women's labor supply following WPS opening, consistent with women feeling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012494817
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Gender, crime and punishment : evidence from women police stations in India
Amaral, Sofia; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Prakash, Nishith - 2021
We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …. We also find some evidence of an increase in women’s labor supply following WPS opening, consistent with women feeling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012499651
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Wheels of change : transforming girls' lives with bicycles
Fiala, Nathan; Garcia-Hernandez, Ana; Narula, Kritika; … - 2022
Reducing the gender gap in education is a primary goal for many countries. Two major challenges for many girls are the distance to school and their safety when commuting to school. In Zambia, we studied the impact of providing a bicycle to a school-going girl who lives more than 3 km from the...
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