regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman …This paper analyzes the effect of a woman's electoral victory on women's subsequent political participation. Using the … 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 … financial incentives? We analyze a conditional cash transfer program in India called Janani Suraksha Yojna. By providing access …

India. The 2005 Hindu Succession Act was legislated to protect women's rights to an equal share in ancestral property …This paper examines how women's participation in family decision-making is affected by land rights in rural areas in … in those four states have their land registered under women's names. Controlling for the potential endogeneity of land …

The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female …-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender gap in under-5 mortality rates, in line with surviving girls being more … mechanisms finds a narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments in children, moderation of son-biased fertility stopping, and …