fertility pressures on women, which favored late female marriages already in the pre-industrial era. The resulting family and … household patterns placed women into a better position to struggle for more gender equality during the subsequent transitions …

political reservations in rural India. Using a unique data set we find that Political reservations and the ability of women to …In a developing economy with an ethnically diverse society, such as India's, household welfare and its distribution … this paper we examine the welfare impact of reducing the time spent by members of households, particularly women, through …