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Conditional cash transfers for women and spousal violence : evidence of the long-term relationship from the Oportunidades program in Rural Mexico
Bobonis, Gustavo J.; Castro, Roberto; Morales, Juan S. - 2015
This paper provides evidence of the long-term relationship between male-to-female spousal violence and the Oportunidades conditional cash transfer program. It uses data from three nationally representative surveys that include detailed information on the prevalence of spousal abuse and threats...
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British colonialism and women empowerment in India
Nandwani, Bharti; Roychowdhury, Punarjit - 2023
This paper examines the long-term link between British colonialism and women empowerment in India. We compare women's contemporary economic outcomes across areas that were under direct British colonial rule with areas that were under indirect colonial rule. Controlling for selective annexation...
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Gender-based violence and gender bias in schooling decision : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Koissy-Kpein, Sandrine A. - 2015
This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children live in, on school attendance, school achievement, as well as boys' and girls' dropouts. Based on the sixth phase of the Demographic and Health Surveys from 18 sub-Saharan...
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When death was postponed : the effect of HIV medication on work and marriage
Ejrnæs, Mette; García-Miralles, Esteban; Gørtz, Mette; … - 2022
improved health. In this paper, we study how individuals diagnosed with HIV reacted to the introduction of HIV medicine in 1995 …, which dramatically increased their life expectancy. To isolate the incentive effect, we use Danish register data on HIV … whose health had not yet been affected by their HIV diagnosis. Our results show that increases in the life expectancy of HIV …
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The Marshall Factor : How Forced Sterilization of Native American Women Birthed Generational Reproductive Injustice
Simpson, Micaela - 2021
Native American women have suffered years of systematic injustice; the most tyrannical act in modern times may arguably be eugenics' practice through forced sterilization. Despite recent feminist movements and reproductive health reform, Native American women are missing from the conversation. The...
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Gene-Environment Effects on Female Fertility
Barban, Nicola; De Cao, Elisabetta; Francesconi, Marco - 2021
Fertility has a strong biological component generally ignored by economists. Using the UK Biobank, we analyze the extent to which genes, proxied by polygenic scores, and the environment, proxied by early exposure to the contraceptive pill diffusion, affect age at first sexual intercourse, age at...
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Maternal mortality and women's political participation
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Gomes, Joseph Flavian; … - 2018
Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9 to 12% decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also leads to an 8 to 11% increase in skilled birth attendance...
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Maternal mortality and women's political participation
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Gomes, Joseph Flavian; … - 2018
Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9-12 per cent decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also leads to an 8-11 per cent increase in skilled birth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873906
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Maternal Mortality and Women's Political Participation
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2018
Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9 to 12% decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also leads to an 8 to 11% increase in skilled birth attendance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915723
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Social Infrastructure and Women's Undernutrition
Jose, Sunny; Navaneetham, Kannan - 2015
We examine whether access to aspects of social infrastructure, such as toilet facilities, drinking water on the premises and clean cooking fuels, leads to a decline in the incidence of undernutrition among women, which remains quite high in India. The analysis, based on the National Family...
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