Microfinance programs like Self Help Group Bank linkage program (SHG), aim to empower women through provision of … greater impact on empowering women. Using household survey data on SHG from India, a general structural model is adopted where … the latent women empowerment and its latent components (economic factors and financial confidence, managerial control …

age at first marriage. This paper examines the implications of women's delayed entry to marriage for marital stability … twenties, with the curve leveling off thereafter. Women who marry in the late twenties and thirties generally enter …

-white BMI gap (or obesity gap) among women. These unadjusted estimates echo previous findings from large survey datasets such as … share of the BMI gap (and the obesity gap) between black women and white women and are consistent with the presence of much …

countries. We employ measures of discrimination of women in the economy, in politics, and in society more generally. According … to our results, discrimination in politics is important to individual well-being. Overall, men and women are more … by the effect of equality on men with middle and high incomes, and those on the political left. To the contrary, women …

medical evidence found in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). Within a model framework using an individual state transition … model the cost-effectiveness of 50-60 year old women with menopausal symptoms is assessed in Sweden. The Markov model has a … high probability that HRT is a cost-effective strategy for women with menopausal symptoms. …

The 'missing women' dilemma in India has sparked interest in investigating gender discrimination in the provision of …

Two decades of economic transition revealed that Russian women are on average less happy than men. This paper addresses …, with women, even if working, holding the main responsibility for housekeeping activities, is perceived as fair. Prime … results show that women's relative unhappiness is likely to be causes by their increasing earning powers with relative to men …

There is limited empirical evidence on whether unrestricted cash social assistance to poor pregnant women improves …