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40 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17450
Female Empowerment and Male Backlash: Experimental Evidence from India
Claire Cullen, Sarthak Joshi, Joseph Vecci, Julia Talbot-Jones
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17391
Family Planning and Ethnic Heritage: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico, Chiara Falco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17275
Reducing the Gender Digital Divide Amongst Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Nick Drydakis
published in:G. Meramveliotakis and M. Manioudis (eds). Sustainable Economic Development Perspectives from Political Economy and Economics Pluralism, London: Routledge, 2025, 237-264.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17163
Empowerment or Indoctrination? Female Training Programs under Dictatorship
Felipe González, Mounu Prem, Cristine von Dessauer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16421
Rainfall Variability and Labor Allocation in Uzbekistan: The Role of Women's Empowerment
Vladimir Otrachshenko, Olga Popova, Nargiza Alimukhamedova
published in: Post-Soviet Affairs, 2024, 40 (2), 119–138
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16030
Thriving in the Rain: Natural Shocks, Time Allocation, and Women's Empowerment in Bangladesh
Sveva Vitellozzi, Gianna Claudia Giannelli
published in: World Development, 2024, 181, 106684
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15076
Wheels of Change: Transforming Girls' Lives with Bicycles
Nathan Fiala, Ana Garcia-Hernandez, Kritika Narula, Nishith Prakash
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14897
Gender Discrimination
Kailing Shen
published online in: Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, Cham, 28 January 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14861
Increasing Women's Empowerment: Implications for Family Welfare
Kate Ambler, Kelly M. Jones, Michael O’Sullivan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14760
Measuring Youth Empowerment: An Illustration Using the Example of Tunisia
Micheline Goedhuys, Michael Grimm, Aline Meysonnat, Eleonora Nillesen, Ann-Kristin Reitmann
published as 'Measuring youth empowerment: An application to Tunisia' in: Journal of International Development, 2024, 36 (4), 1945-1964
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14523
Using Bank Savings Product Design for Empowering Women and Agricultural Development
Jose C. Galdo
updated version published online in: World Bank Economic Review, 29 May 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14221
Using Machine Learning and Qualitative Interviews to Design a Five-Question Women's Agency Index
Seema Jayachandran, Monica Biradavolu, Jan Cooper
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13985
Education and Consanguineous Marriage
Pelin Akyol, Naci Mocan
published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2023, 17 (1), 114 - 171
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13957
Globalization and Female Empowerment: Evidence from Myanmar
Teresa Molina, Mari Tanaka
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023, 71 (2), 519-565
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13687
The Weight of Patriarchy? Gender Obesity Gaps in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Joan Costa-Font, Mario Gyori
published in: Social Science and Medicine, 220, 266, 113353
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13105
Ancestral Norms, Legal Origins, and Female Empowerment
Abel Brodeur, Marie Christelle Mabeu, Roland Pongou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12998
Recoupling Economic and Social Prosperity
Katharina Lima de Miranda, Dennis J. Snower
published in: Global Perspectives, 2020, 1 (1), 11867
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12940
Can Women's Self-Help Groups Contribute to Sustainable Development? Evidence of Capability Changes from Northern India
Paul Anand, Swati Saxena, Rolando Gonzales Martinez, Hai-Anh H Dang
published in: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2020, 21(2), 137-160.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12847
Empowered or Impoverished: The Impact of Panic Buttons on Domestic Violence
Semih Tumen, Hakan Ulucan
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2024, 22, 1423–1459
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12814
Childcare and Maternal Employment: Evidence from Vietnam
Hai-Anh H Dang, Masako Hiraga, Cuong Viet Nguyen
published in: World Development, 2022, 159, 106022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12726
Female Workers, Male Managers: Gender, Leadership, and Risk-Taking
Ulf Rinne, Hendrik Sonnabend
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2022, 88 (3), 906 - 930
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12471
On the Malleability of Implicit Attitudes Towards Women Empowerment: Evidence from Tunisia
Eleonora Nillesen, Michael Grimm, Micheline Goedhuys, Ann-Kristin Reitmann, Aline Meysonnat
published in: World Development, 2021, 138, 105263
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12196
Do Constraints on Women Worsen Child Deprivations? Framework, Measurement, and Evidence from India
Alberto Posso, Stephen C. Smith, Lucia Ferrone
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11819
Micro-Entrepreneurship and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
Muhammad Faress Bhuiyan, Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2019, 34 (4), 625-645
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11534
Women's Political Participation and Intrahousehold Empowerment: Evidence from the Egyptian Arab Spring
Olivier B. Bargain, Delphine Boutin, Hugues Champeaux
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 141, 102379
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11262
Women's Empowerment, the Gender Gap in Desired Fertility, and Fertility Outcomes in Developing Countries
Matthias Doepke, Michèle Tertilt
published in: AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 358–362
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11240
Empowering Women under Social Constraints: Evidence from a Field Intervention in Rural Egypt
Ahmed Elsayed, Rania Roushdy
published as 'Empowering women in conservative settings: evidence from an intervention in rural Egypt' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2022, 20, 1287–1322
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11187
Maternal Depression, Women's Empowerment, and Parental Investment: Evidence from a Large Randomized Control Trial
Victoria Baranov, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Pietro Biroli, Joanna Maselko
published in: American Economic Review, 2020, 110 (3), 824-859
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10501
Women's Economic Capacity and Children's Human Capital Accumulation
Jacobus de Hoop, Patrick Premand, Furio C. Rosati, Renos Vakis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10148
Women's Enfranchisement and Children's Education: The Long-Run Impact of the U.S. Suffrage Movement
Esra Kose, Elira Kuka, Na'ama Shenhav
published as 'Women's Suffrage and Children's Education' in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2021, 13 (3), 374 - 405
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10131
Measuring Women's Empowerment in Rwanda
Abdou Musonera, Almas Heshmati
published in: A. Heshmati (ed.), Studies on Economic Development and Growth in Selected African Countries, Springer, 2017
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9779
Measuring and Changing Control: Women's Empowerment and Targeted Transfers
Ingvild Almås, Alex Armand, Orazio Attanasio, Pedro Carneiro
published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (612), F609 - F639
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7900
Empowering Women: The Effect of Schooling on Young Women's Knowledge and Use of Contraception
Mabel Andalón, Jenny Williams, Michael Grossman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7770
Bride Price and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from Rural Senegal
Linguère Mously Mbaye, Natascha Wagner
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2017, 53 (6), 891-910
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7585
Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India
Karthik Muralidharan, Nishith Prakash
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017, 9 (3), 321- 350
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6347
Empowering Women through Education and Influence: An Evaluation of the Indian Mahila Samakhya Program
Eeshani Kandpal, Kathy Baylis, Mary P. Arends-Kuenning
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6048
Foreign Direct Investment, Black Economic Empowerment and Labour Productivity in South Africa
Anagaw Derseh Mebratie, Arjun S. Bedi
published in: Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2013, 22 (1), 94-115
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5637
Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?
Matthias Doepke, Michèle Tertilt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5438
Mother's Autonomy and Child Welfare: A New Measure and Some New Evidence
Tanika Chakraborty, Prabal K. De
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3320
Empowerment Zones, Neighborhood Change and Owner Occupied Housing
Douglas J. Krupka, Douglas S. Noonan
revision published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2009, 39(4), 386-396
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