Measuring the Effect of a Community-level Program on Women's Empowerment Outcomes : Evidence from India
This paper uses primary data from rural north India to show that participation in a community-level female empowerment program significantly increases access to employment, physical mobility, and political participation. The program provides suppor...
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okr-10986-132032021-04-23T14:03:07Z Measuring the Effect of a Community-level Program on Women's Empowerment Outcomes : Evidence from India Kandpal, Eeshani Baylis, Kathy Arends-Kuenning, Mary ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADULT EDUCATION AGE AT MARRIAGE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ALCOHOLISM ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AUTONOMY AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION BIRTH CONTROL CASH CROP CENSUSES CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL CHILD SURVIVAL RATES CHILD WELFARE CITIES COMMUNITY ACTION COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMUNITY-LEVEL PROGRAMS CONTINUING EDUCATION CONTRACEPTIVE CHOICES CONTRACEPTIVE USE CONTRACEPTIVES DATA COLLECTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRICTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOMINANCE DOWRY DROPOUT ECONOMIC INEQUALITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FAMILIES FAMILY HOME FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY WELFARE FEASIBILITY FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE INFANTICIDE FEMALE LITERACY FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FEWER CHILDREN FIELDWORK FIGURES GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER INEQUALITY GIRLS HEALTH PROMOTION HOME HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HUSBAND HUSBANDS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INDIVIDUAL WOMEN INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTIONS INTERVIEWS INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN JOB OPPORTUNITIES KINSHIP KINSHIP STRUCTURE LABOR FORCE LABOUR MARKET LACK OF DEVELOPMENT LARGE NUMBERS OF WOMEN LAWS LEARNING LITERACY MARRIED WOMAN MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL HEALTH MIDWIVES MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MOBILIZATION MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATURE OF WOMEN NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF WOMEN OLDER MEN OLDER WOMEN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION STUDIES POWER PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRESS RECONSTRUCTION RELIGION RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RURAL WOMEN SCARCE RESOURCES SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SELF-CONFIDENCE SELF-ESTEEM SEX SEX RATIO SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL INTERACTIONS SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PARTICIPATION SOCIAL STATUS SOCIETY SPECIAL EDUCATION SPILLOVER SPILLOVER EFFECT SPILLOVER EFFECTS SPOUSE TEACHING UNMARRIED WOMEN VILLAGE VILLAGES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG WOMEN This paper uses primary data from rural north India to show that participation in a community-level female empowerment program significantly increases access to employment, physical mobility, and political participation. The program provides support groups, literacy camps, adult education classes, and vocational training for rural women in several states of India; the data are from Uttarakhand. The paper uses instrumental variables and truncation-corrected matching on primary data to disentangle the program's mechanisms, separately considering its effect on women who work, and those who do not work but whose reservation wage is increased by participation. The analysis also finds significant spillover effects on non-participants relative to women in untreated districts. It finds consistent estimates for average treatment and intent to treat effects 2013-04-18T16:34:20Z 2013-04-18T16:34:20Z 2013-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17530730/measuring-effect-community-level-program-womens-empowerment-outcomes-evidence-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13203 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6399 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India |
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ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADULT EDUCATION AGE AT MARRIAGE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ALCOHOLISM ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AUTONOMY AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION BIRTH CONTROL CASH CROP CENSUSES CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL CHILD SURVIVAL RATES CHILD WELFARE CITIES COMMUNITY ACTION COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMUNITY-LEVEL PROGRAMS CONTINUING EDUCATION CONTRACEPTIVE CHOICES CONTRACEPTIVE USE CONTRACEPTIVES DATA COLLECTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRICTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOMINANCE DOWRY DROPOUT ECONOMIC INEQUALITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FAMILIES FAMILY HOME FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY WELFARE FEASIBILITY FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE INFANTICIDE FEMALE LITERACY FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FEWER CHILDREN FIELDWORK FIGURES GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER INEQUALITY GIRLS HEALTH PROMOTION HOME HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HUSBAND HUSBANDS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INDIVIDUAL WOMEN INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTIONS INTERVIEWS INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN JOB OPPORTUNITIES KINSHIP KINSHIP STRUCTURE LABOR FORCE LABOUR MARKET LACK OF DEVELOPMENT LARGE NUMBERS OF WOMEN LAWS LEARNING LITERACY MARRIED WOMAN MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL HEALTH MIDWIVES MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MOBILIZATION MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATURE OF WOMEN NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF WOMEN OLDER MEN OLDER WOMEN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION STUDIES POWER PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRESS RECONSTRUCTION RELIGION RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RURAL WOMEN SCARCE RESOURCES SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SELF-CONFIDENCE SELF-ESTEEM SEX SEX RATIO SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL INTERACTIONS SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PARTICIPATION SOCIAL STATUS SOCIETY SPECIAL EDUCATION SPILLOVER SPILLOVER EFFECT SPILLOVER EFFECTS SPOUSE TEACHING UNMARRIED WOMEN VILLAGE VILLAGES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG WOMEN |
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ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADULT EDUCATION AGE AT MARRIAGE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ALCOHOLISM ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AUTONOMY AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION BIRTH CONTROL CASH CROP CENSUSES CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL CHILD SURVIVAL RATES CHILD WELFARE CITIES COMMUNITY ACTION COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMUNITY-LEVEL PROGRAMS CONTINUING EDUCATION CONTRACEPTIVE CHOICES CONTRACEPTIVE USE CONTRACEPTIVES DATA COLLECTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRICTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOMINANCE DOWRY DROPOUT ECONOMIC INEQUALITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FAMILIES FAMILY HOME FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY WELFARE FEASIBILITY FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE INFANTICIDE FEMALE LITERACY FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FEWER CHILDREN FIELDWORK FIGURES GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER INEQUALITY GIRLS HEALTH PROMOTION HOME HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HUSBAND HUSBANDS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INDIVIDUAL WOMEN INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTIONS INTERVIEWS INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN JOB OPPORTUNITIES KINSHIP KINSHIP STRUCTURE LABOR FORCE LABOUR MARKET LACK OF DEVELOPMENT LARGE NUMBERS OF WOMEN LAWS LEARNING LITERACY MARRIED WOMAN MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL HEALTH MIDWIVES MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MOBILIZATION MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATURE OF WOMEN NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF WOMEN OLDER MEN OLDER WOMEN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION STUDIES POWER PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRESS RECONSTRUCTION RELIGION RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RURAL WOMEN SCARCE RESOURCES SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SELF-CONFIDENCE SELF-ESTEEM SEX SEX RATIO SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL INTERACTIONS SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PARTICIPATION SOCIAL STATUS SOCIETY SPECIAL EDUCATION SPILLOVER SPILLOVER EFFECT SPILLOVER EFFECTS SPOUSE TEACHING UNMARRIED WOMEN VILLAGE VILLAGES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG WOMEN Kandpal, Eeshani Baylis, Kathy Arends-Kuenning, Mary Measuring the Effect of a Community-level Program on Women's Empowerment Outcomes : Evidence from India |
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South Asia India |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6399 |
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This paper uses primary data from rural
north India to show that participation in a community-level
female empowerment program significantly increases access to
employment, physical mobility, and political participation.
The program provides support groups, literacy camps, adult
education classes, and vocational training for rural women
in several states of India; the data are from Uttarakhand.
The paper uses instrumental variables and
truncation-corrected matching on primary data to disentangle
the program's mechanisms, separately considering its
effect on women who work, and those who do not work but
whose reservation wage is increased by participation. The
analysis also finds significant spillover effects on
non-participants relative to women in untreated districts.
It finds consistent estimates for average treatment and
intent to treat effects |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Kandpal, Eeshani Baylis, Kathy Arends-Kuenning, Mary |
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Kandpal, Eeshani Baylis, Kathy Arends-Kuenning, Mary |
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Kandpal, Eeshani |
| title |
Measuring the Effect of a Community-level Program on Women's Empowerment Outcomes : Evidence from India |
| title_short |
Measuring the Effect of a Community-level Program on Women's Empowerment Outcomes : Evidence from India |
| title_full |
Measuring the Effect of a Community-level Program on Women's Empowerment Outcomes : Evidence from India |
| title_fullStr |
Measuring the Effect of a Community-level Program on Women's Empowerment Outcomes : Evidence from India |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Measuring the Effect of a Community-level Program on Women's Empowerment Outcomes : Evidence from India |
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measuring the effect of a community-level program on women's empowerment outcomes : evidence from india |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17530730/measuring-effect-community-level-program-womens-empowerment-outcomes-evidence-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13203 |
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