Women's Empowerment, Sibling Rivalry, and Competitiveness : Evidence from a Lab Experiment and a Randomized Control Trial in Uganda

Women's Empowerment, Sibling Rivalry, and Competitiveness : Evidence from a Lab Experiment and a Randomized Control Trial in Uganda

This study looks at how a community event—adolescent women's economic and social empowerment -- and a family factor -- sibling sex composition—interact in shaping gender differences in preferences for competition. To do so, a lab-in-the-field...

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Main Authors: Buehren, Niklas, Goldstein, Markus, Leonard, Kenneth, Montalvao, Joao, Vasilaky, Kathryn
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
EMPOWERMENT
CHILD HEALTH
OLDER SISTERS
SOCIAL NORMS
GAYS
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
SEX ROLE
SOCIALIZATION
CHILD POLICY
PSYCHOLOGY
FAMILY STRUCTURE
BROTHERS
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
CULTURAL NORMS
PUBERTY
BIRTH ORDER
EARLY ADULTHOOD
WILL
VOCATIONAL SKILLS
DEMOGRAPHY
GENDER EQUALITY
YOUNG WOMEN
LABOR MARKET
MARITAL STATUS
GENDER GAP
IDENTITY
BOYS
GENDER NORMS
ORGANIZATIONS
PSYCHOLOGICAL PRESSURE
MARRIAGE
COMPENSATION
RESIDENCE
FEMALE WORKERS
INFORMED CHOICES
RISK TAKING
EARLY CHILDBEARING
ADOLESCENT CLUBS
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
ADULTHOOD
LESBIANS
YOUNG MEN
SEX DIFFERENCES
REPRODUCTION
WHO
ADOLESCENCE
EARLY MARRIAGE
GENDER DIFFERENCES
SISTERS
LABOUR MARKET
FAMILY
GENDER IDENTITY
AGE
GENDER
EDUCATIONAL CHOICES
ADOLESCENTS
CHILDBEARING
PARENTS
SEX
CULTURES
GENDER DIFFERENCE
CHILDREN
CHILD
HOUSEHOLDS
EQUALITY
GENDER ROLES
ADOLESCENT
YOUNG PEOPLE
GIRLS
GENDER COMPOSITION
SOCIETY
NORMS
FERTILITY
FAMILIES
WOMEN
INHERITANCE
TABOOS
FEMALE
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26442870/womens-empowerment-sibling-rivalry-competitiveness-evidence-lab-experiment-randomized-control-trial-uganda
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24537

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