We empirically examine whether violation of hypergamy - which occurs when the wife's economic status equals or exceeds … that of her husband's - causally affects domestic violence using microdata from India. Identifying the causal effect of … hypergamy violation on domestic violence, however, is challenging due to unmeasured confounding and reverse causality. To …

We examine the causal effect of women's age at marriage on prevalence of domestic violence using newly available … household data from India. We employ an empirical strategy that utilizes variation in age at menarche to obtain exogenous … variation in women's age at marriage. We find robust evidence that a one-year delay in women's marriage causes a significant …

attitudes using nationally representative data from the fifth wave of the National Family Health Survey of India. To address … endogeneity concerns in estimating peer in uences, we utilize exogenous variation in the average exposure of neighbourhood women … impressionable. This underscores the need for enhanced implementation of policies targeting women's empowerment to arrest the …

We empirically examine whether violation of hypergamy - which occurs when the wife's economic status equals or exceeds … that of her husband's - causally affects domestic violence using microdata from India. Identifying the causal effect of … hypergamy violation on domestic violence, however, is challenging due to unmeasured confounding and reverse causality. To …

This paper uses the staggered implementation of a legal change in inheritance law in India to estimate the effect of … women's improved access to inheritance on violence against women. I find that the aggregate rate of violence against women … by an improvement in marriage market negotiations and this led to women marrying partners that consume less alcohol. …

attitudes using nationally representative data from the fifth wave of the National Family Health Survey of India. To address … endogeneity concerns in estimating peer in uences, we utilize exogenous variation in the average exposure of neighbourhood women … impressionable. This underscores the need for enhanced implementation of policies targeting women's empowerment to arrest the …

In order to credibly sell legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities … human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the gene pool. A key consequence of the trade-off faced by women is that … rank in the distribution of income. In the Sex and the City (SATC) type, women marry men who are better ranked than …

In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities … human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the gene pool. A key consequence of the trade-off faced by women is that … rank in the distribution of income. In the "Sex and the City" (SATC) type, women marry men who are better ranked than …

In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities … human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the gene pool. A key consequence of the trade-off faced by women is that … rank in the distribution of income. In the "Sex and the City" (SATC) type, women marry men who are better ranked than …

Female labor force participation increased worldwide between 1990 and 2015. In India, it decreased 22% from a low rate … of 37%. Rural married women drove the decrease, which began right after the implementation of a policy guaranteeing … household consumption. The subsidy replaces women’s role as added or insurance workers, crowding out their labor force …