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 … variation in the occurrence of mineral deposits across districts. Results indicate that women's outcomes improve in the vicinity …

Son preference is widespread in a number of developing countries. Anecdotal evidence suggests that women may contribute …

Son preference is widespread in a number of developing countries. Anecdotal evidence suggests that women may contribute …

a low-status woman. This suggests that policies that seek to empower women and promote gender equality might …

adequate collateral limits women entrepreneurs' ability to access formal finance, leaving them torely on informal sources … gender gaps in financial access. Results suggest that anincrease in women entrepreneurs access to formal credit results in …

women's improved access to inheritance on violence against women. I find that the aggregate rate of violence against women … by an improvement in marriage market negotiations and this led to women marrying partners that consume less alcohol …

Almost half of missing women in India are of post-reproductive ages. I show that intra-household gender inequality and … gender asymmetry in poverty can account for a substantial fraction of these missing women. Using a natural experiment, I link … women's intra-household bargaining power to their mortality risk. Using a structural model of households, I estimate the age …

findings suggest that policies that seek to empower women and promote gender equality might paradoxically increase women …

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 …