This paper explores whether the welfare of women increased following the extension of women's rights between 1960s and … satisfaction of women of childbearing age. Birth control rights also increased women's investment in education, probability of … working and income. Other women's rights have proved less beneficial. Mutual consent divorce laws decreased women's welfare …

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