TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Anukriti, S
AU  - Herrera-Almanza, Catalina
AU  - Karra, Mahesh
        TI  - Bring a Friend: Strengthening Women's Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India
        PY  - 2022/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15381
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp15381
        AB  - We experimentally test if enabling individuals to incentivize others to socialize with them can strengthen social networks and improve well-being. We examine family planning access for women in India, who tend to be socially isolated and for whom peer support may overcome intrahousehold constraints. Enabling women to jointly visit a clinic with other women not only increased social ties and strengthened peer engagement, but also increased clinic visits and contraceptive use. Moreover, this intervention was more effective in improving reproductive autonomy of women who faced greater intrahousehold opposition than an intervention that only improved women's own access to the clinic.
        KW  - women’s social networks
KW  - peers
KW  - vouchers
KW  - India
KW  - family planning
KW  - contraception
KW  - female autonomy
KW  - mother-in-law
        ER  -