information on the prevalence of spousal abuse and threats of violence against women. Constructing comparable groups of …

of men to women in marriage markets - on individual consumption of married men and women, and indicate some of the ways … benefits women and used the positive association between brideprice and polygyny as evidence. Relying on D&S models of marriage … polygyny may be harmful to women. Furthermore, the positive association between brideprice and polygyny does not necessarily …

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

gender pay gap creates an excess supply of desirable husbands and women marry early to increase their chance of being matched …

This Article explores the history of American women's long struggle for the vote; it does so to illuminate the efficacy … groups, we can better judge what the women of the last two centuries accomplished by focusing on the voting right as their …

a low-status woman. This suggests that policies that seek to empower women and promote gender equality might …

reform to identify a positive shock in marital gains to human capital of black women. The reform provides married women with … find that treated women increase their education by 8-10 months and premarital use of the pill by sixteen percentage points …. These results are consistent across various specifications where I compare black South African married women to non …

adequate collateral limits women entrepreneurs' ability to access formal finance, leaving them torely on informal sources … gender gaps in financial access. Results suggest that anincrease in women entrepreneurs access to formal credit results in …