This paper uses a field experiment to study the effect of perceived gender norms on the motherhood penalty in the … exogenous variation in gender norms by prominently signaling patrilineal or matrilineal community origins of applicants …. Employers are less likely to callback mothers relative to women or men without children, but only if they are of patrilineal …

political participation of women, using a regression discontinuity design on constituency level data from India. We find that … female incumbents are more likely than male incumbents to re-contest and that there is a decline in the entry of new women … candidates. This decline is most pronounced in states with entrenched gender bias and in male-headed parties, suggesting an …

This paper analyzes the effect of a woman's electoral victory on women's subsequent political participation. Using the … regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman … subsequent election. This stems mainly from an increased probability that previous women candidates contest again, an important …

How is prenatal sex selective behaviour influenced by the presence of cheap fetal gender identification technology and …

The champions of financial inclusion regret women’s lack of access to credit, while critics of financialization, by … contrast, claim that women have become overly indebted. But little is actually known about women’s debt/credit in quantitative … sex in order to analyze the gender of debt and its interplay with caste and poverty, based on descriptive statistics and …

traditional gender norms. These findings suggest that expectations regarding returns in the marriage market may influence women …While it is well-acknowledged that the gendered division of labor within marriage adversely affects women's allocation … of time to market work, there is less evidence on how extant social norms can influence women's work choices pre …

prioritization of leader competence over gender, boosting the share of women among candidates and state parliamentarians and the … other traits, such as gender? We answer this question by examining the impact of a successful school-expansion program on … the likelihood of women being elected to state legislatures in India. We show that the program increased voter …

state of residence. Overall, the results suggest that policies that aim to increase women's education and promote gender …-in-law's presence consistently diminishes the daughter-in-law's engagement in paid work and increases both women's time spent on …

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 …

; prenatal sex selection ; sex ratio at birth ; gender discrimination ; child health …