We conduct a synthetic review of the literature examining relationships between domains of women’s empowerment and food system outcomes. Many studies report significant positive associations between women’s empowerment and intrahousehold gender equality with child dietary and nutrition...

Between 1983 and 2011, Indian married women's labor force participation (LFP) declined from 35% to 24%, even while the economy grew, educational attainment rose, and fertility fell. To study this decline in LFP, I use India's National Sample Survey to construct a unique sample of matched...

This paper investigates factor which influences the decision of any women to participate in unpaid work as compare to the paid labour market. The study includes three categories (1) Unpaid family worker in household enterprises (2) Attend domestic duty only (3) Attend domestic duty and also...

The paper addresses the less-researched topic of intrahousehold dynamics of female in-laws in developing countries by focusing on the bargaining between mother-in-law and daughter-inlaw and its influence on the latter's time allocation. Using the first nationally representative Time Use Survey...