Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation (LFP) in rural India. Why … did this occur? We look at the four standard explanations: that more women in rural areas are now pursuing higher … there is a tendency for women to withdraw from the labor force to attend to domestic duties (income effect), that employment …

In this paper we study the link between women's responsibility for children and their preferences. We use a large … random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed … survey data. We find more patient choices among women who have a higher number of children. The age of children matters: The …

-being using data from Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world with high levels of corruption and poor governance. We …

This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It … found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The …

This paper looks at the determinants of school selection in rural Bangladesh, focusing on the choice between registered … proportion of children sent to each school type. Using a unique dataset on secondary school age children from rural Bangladesh …

women. This paper argues that considering together discourses of affinity and practices of dowry adds significantly to … understanding of the complex inter-relations of social and economic change. Drawing on data from rural Bangladesh, it emphasises the … masculine provision and protection. Against conventional views that dowry compensates for a perceived weakness in women …

This paper uses data from Matlab, Bangladesh to examine the characteristics of female-headed households and estimate … and married women, most of whom are wives of migrants. These women differ from each other not only in their current socio … of female-headship. Results indicate that children residing in households headed by married women have stronger schooling …

implemented in Matlab, Bangladesh in 1977. Village data from 1974, 1982 and 1996 suggest that program villages experienced extra … nearly two decades. Women in program villages also experienced other benefits: lower child mortality, improved health status … Bangladesh have many dimensions extending well beyond fertility reduction, which do not appear to dissipate after two decades. …

of household income and a composite index of women empowerment, the paper finds evidence of women’s status influencing … food security. By raising the level of food security for some disadvantaged women’s groups female status is also found to …

This article examines the relationship between women's economic and social empowerment in the context of extreme … poverty. It is based on the findings of primary fieldwork on the char islands of north-west Bangladesh, investigating the … cattle. This article argues that interventions which adopt primarily an economic entry point can contribute to women …