Women’s Empowerment in Action : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa
Women in developing countries are disempowered: high youth unemployment, early marriage and childbearing interact to limit their investments into human capital and enforce dependence on men. The authors evaluate a multi-faceted policy intervention...
Main Authors: | Bandiera, Oriana, Buehren, Niklas, Burgess, Robin, Goldstein, Markus, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/707081502348725124/Women-s-empowerment-in-action-evidence-from-a-randomized-control-trial-in-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28282 |
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