With or Without Him? Experimental Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Cash Grants and Trainings in Tunisia

Is it possible to stimulate women’s employment by relaxing their financial and human capital constraints Does involving husbands help or hinder the effort Using an experiment in Tunisia, this paper shows that providing cash grants and financial tra...

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Main Authors:	Gazeaud, Jules, Khan, Nausheen, Mvukiyehe, Eric, Sterck, Olivier
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:	CASH TRANSFER UNCONDITIONAL CASH GRANT UNCONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER GENDER ROLE EMPLOYMENT FINANCIAL LITERACY WOMEN'S WORK FINANCIAL EDUCATION LABOR MARKET ACCESS TO FINANCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099746207282212368/IDU03b902dd70ca8c04e410b95e0277f830615dc http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37791

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spelling	okr-10986-377912022-08-02T05:10:45Z With or Without Him? Experimental Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Cash Grants and Trainings in Tunisia Gazeaud, Jules Khan, Nausheen Mvukiyehe, Eric Sterck, Olivier CASH TRANSFER UNCONDITIONAL CASH GRANT UNCONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER GENDER ROLE EMPLOYMENT FINANCIAL LITERACY WOMEN'S WORK FINANCIAL EDUCATION LABOR MARKET ACCESS TO FINANCE Is it possible to stimulate women’s employment by relaxing their financial and human capital constraints Does involving husbands help or hinder the effort Using an experiment in Tunisia, this paper shows that providing cash grants and financial training to women stimulates their income generating activities, but only when their partners are not involved. The program did not alter traditional gender roles. Instead, it encouraged employment of other household members and investments in small-scale agriculture and livestock farming — two activities traditionally undertaken by women at home. The impacts on household living standards are overwhelmingly positive, and suggest that the program is highly cost-effective. 2022-08-01T14:42:32Z 2022-08-01T14:42:32Z 2022-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099746207282212368/IDU03b902dd70ca8c04e410b95e0277f830615dc http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37791 English en Policy Research Working Papers;10132 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Tunisia
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topic	CASH TRANSFER UNCONDITIONAL CASH GRANT UNCONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER GENDER ROLE EMPLOYMENT FINANCIAL LITERACY WOMEN'S WORK FINANCIAL EDUCATION LABOR MARKET ACCESS TO FINANCE
spellingShingle	CASH TRANSFER UNCONDITIONAL CASH GRANT UNCONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER GENDER ROLE EMPLOYMENT FINANCIAL LITERACY WOMEN'S WORK FINANCIAL EDUCATION LABOR MARKET ACCESS TO FINANCE Gazeaud, Jules Khan, Nausheen Mvukiyehe, Eric Sterck, Olivier With or Without Him? Experimental Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Cash Grants and Trainings in Tunisia
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description	Is it possible to stimulate women’s employment by relaxing their financial and human capital constraints Does involving husbands help or hinder the effort Using an experiment in Tunisia, this paper shows that providing cash grants and financial training to women stimulates their income generating activities, but only when their partners are not involved. The program did not alter traditional gender roles. Instead, it encouraged employment of other household members and investments in small-scale agriculture and livestock farming — two activities traditionally undertaken by women at home. The impacts on household living standards are overwhelmingly positive, and suggest that the program is highly cost-effective.
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author	Gazeaud, Jules Khan, Nausheen Mvukiyehe, Eric Sterck, Olivier
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title	With or Without Him? Experimental Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Cash Grants and Trainings in Tunisia
title_short	With or Without Him? Experimental Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Cash Grants and Trainings in Tunisia
title_full	With or Without Him? Experimental Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Cash Grants and Trainings in Tunisia
title_fullStr	With or Without Him? Experimental Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Cash Grants and Trainings in Tunisia
title_full_unstemmed	With or Without Him? Experimental Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Cash Grants and Trainings in Tunisia
title_sort	with or without him? experimental evidence on gender-sensitive cash grants and trainings in tunisia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2022
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099746207282212368/IDU03b902dd70ca8c04e410b95e0277f830615dc http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37791
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With or Without Him? Experimental Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Cash Grants and Trainings in Tunisia

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