from any sexual violence. However, there would be no similar effect of perceived crime in the locality on the marriage of … also find no such effect of gender-neutral crimes (such as theft and robbery) on the likelihood of early marriage of girls … the northern region of India, where patriarchal culture and gender norms are stronger than in the southern region. These …

This paper investigates the consequences of sex imbalance in India's population for violence against women. We match … district level administrative crime data by category to age- specific sex ratios in census data across four decades and, to … analyse mechanisms, we also use administrative data on marriage rates and household survey data on attitudes to violence …

part of the increase in criminality. The primary avenue through which the sex-ratio increases crime, however, is the direct … pressure on men to appear financially attractive in order to find a partner in the marriage market. These marriage market …

bargaining. We study whether these barriers to joint decision-making keep female labor force participation low in India. In … partnership with one of India’s largest carpet producers, we offered a weaving job to 495 married women. We randomized whether job …

traditional gender norms. These findings suggest that expectations regarding returns in the marriage market may influence women …While it is well-acknowledged that the gendered division of labor within marriage adversely affects women's allocation … of time to market work, there is less evidence on how extant social norms can influence women's work choices pre-marriage …

This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children … partner violence, early marriage, and female genital mutilations - negatively affect the schooling of boys and girls …