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

-unitary household models of family behavior posit that an increase in women's bargaining power can influence child health. We study the … to unmarried women in India, on child height. We find robust evidence that the HSAA improved the height and weight of … children. In addition, we find evidence consistent with a channel that the policy improved the women's intrahousehold …

Using longitudinal data from the 2014-2018 China Family Panel Studies, we investigate the impact of internet use (IU …) on fertility among reproductive-age women. We find that IU reduces the number of children born, with more pronounced …

Relative to developed countries, there are far fewer women than men in parts of the developing world. Estimates suggest … that more than 200 million women are demographically 'missing' worldwide. To explain the global 'missing women' phenomenon … cent of the missing women are 'missing' from Africa. This paper employs a novel methodology to determine how the phenomenon …

men and women spend similar amounts of time in total work. When considering the social norms that explain gender … important to know how men and women from these four countries distribute their time in total work, in order to understand why …

An emerging literature highlights the importance of empowering women. Female decision-making power is typically …

Non-unitary household models suggest that enhancing women's bargaining power can influence child health, a crucial … Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted inheritance rights to unmarried women in India, on child health. Our findings … the policy bolstered women's intra-household bargaining power, resulting in downstream benefits through enhanced parental …