While female property ownership is associated with positive outcomes for women, their right to inherit property in male …-dominated societies may also result in more constraining marriage and gender norms. I develop and test the following hypothesis: Where a … woman inherits property, her male relatives are more likely to arrange her marriage within the same community in order to …

This study shows that entering into a cohabiting partnership leads to long lasting earnings losses for women, even … after accounting for the impact of child penalties. While 2 ⁄3 of the total effect of cohabitation is due to partnered women … having higher fertility than unpartnered women, an income penalty of 5% is directly due to cohabitation, and not due to …

specifications. The findings of this paper support the long-standing view that women empowerment contributes to the reduction of …

benefits from the agreement and moves the intermediate-gap couples to their outside option where women work more and men do …

women) can help explain measurable outcomes such as marriage formation, intra-marriage distribution of consumption goods …This paper reviews models of marriage, with special emphasis on how the sex ratio (the ratio of marriageable men to …

the local labor demand shocks generated by Cambodia's WTO accession to assess how changes in the employment of women … reductions experienced a significant decline in paid employment, whereas women in harder-hit districts increased their entry into …, without changes in marriage, fertility, psychological distress, or household consumption. …

women's well-being and economic status. The analysis focuses on the impact of proximity to mineral deposits and active mines … on various measures of women's agency and health in India. Identification leverages the plausibly exogenous spatial … variation in the occurrence of mineral deposits across districts. Results indicate that women's outcomes improve in the vicinity …

by an improvement in marriage market negotiations and this led to women marrying partners that consume less alcohol. … women's improved access to inheritance on violence against women. I find that the aggregate rate of violence against women …

Women born in 1935 went to college significantly less than their male counterparts and married women's labor force …. The education gender gap was eliminated and married women's LFP averaged 70% over the same ages. In order to evaluate the … to change asymmetrically for women versus men. -- divorce ; labor force participation ; gender gap ; education and skill …

Women born in 1935 went to college significantly less than their male counterparts and married women's labor force …. The education gender gap was eliminated and married women's LFP averaged 70% over the same ages. In order to evaluate the … to change asymmetrically for women versus men …