This study on the economics of gender differences examines whether the mining industry acts as a blessing or curse for … women's well-being and economic status. The analysis focuses on the impact of proximity to mineral deposits and active mines … on various measures of women's agency and health in India. Identification leverages the plausibly exogenous spatial …

section 1. Gender : current status -- section 2. Gender : some issues -- section 3. Policies towards gender empowerment … -- section 4. Gender and rural development -- section 5. Gender : select interventions for gender development …