Research has consistently shown that women's involvement in household decision making positively affects household …-household decision making? Using data on savings groups in Rwanda, we examine this relationship and show that women with higher financial … outcomes such as nutrition and education of children. Is financial literacy a determinant for women to participate in intra …

Despite considerable policy efforts, women continue to be underrepresented in positions of power and decision making …. As an important aspect of women empowerment, we examine women’s participation in intrahousehold financial decision making … and how this is affected by financial literacy. Using both OLS and IV regression analysis, we show that women with higher …

explained by gender identity norms, which constrain women's influence over intra-household financial decision making. A …

women's autonomy. We examine this question in the context of ethnic variation in traditional post-marital cohabitation, i … legal reform that exogenously fostered women's access to justice and their ability to divorce. We theoretically establish … that compared to women of patrilocal tradition, matrilocal women should divorce relatively more after the reform and, for …

In this paper, we test if households where women participate in decisions regarding children's education and allocation … of household education budgets incur more equal expenditures on education of boys and girls. Moreover, we test if women … control for endogeneity of the dependent and explanatory variables. The results suggest that households where women …

Despite considerable policy efforts, women continue to be underrepresented in positions of power and decision making …. As an important aspect of women empowerment, we examine women's participation in intrahousehold financial decision making … and how this is affected by financial literacy. Using both OLS and IV regression analysis, we show that women with higher …

low income. No evidence is found of discrimination in credit provision against women or immigrants. …

show that – as long as the wife is involved in household decision-making – the intra-household differences in perceptions …. The estimated effects are consistent with the predictions of a model of intra-household decision-making. …

show that — as long as the wife is involved in household decision-making — the intra-household differences in perceptions … perceptions. The estimated effects are consistent with the predictions of a model of intra-household decision-making. …