Reshaping adolescents' gender attitudes: Evidence from a school-based experiment in India

D Dhar, T Jain, S Jayachandran - American economic review, 2022 - aeaweb.org
This paper evaluates an intervention in India that engaged adolescent girls and boys in
classroom discussions about gender equality for two years, aiming to reduce their support …

Negotiating a better future: How interpersonal skills facilitate intergenerational investment

N Ashraf, N Bau, C Low, K McGinn - The Quarterly Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Using a randomized controlled trial, we study whether a negotiation skills training can
improve girls' educational outcomes in a low-resource environment. We find that a …

Improving the well-being of adolescent girls in developing countries

K Bergstrom, B Özler - The World Bank Research Observer, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This paper conducts a large, narrative review of interventions that might plausibly (a)
increase educational attainment,(b) delay childbearing, and/or (c) delay marriage for …

Sex, power, and adolescence: Intimate partner violence and sexual behaviors

M Shah, J Seager, J Montalvao, M Goldstein - 2023 - nber.org
ABSTRACT Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa have some of the highest rates of intimate
partner violence across the globe. This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized …

[HTML][HTML] Perceptions of relative deprivation and women's empowerment

K Kosec, CH Mo, E Schmidt, J Song - World Development, 2021 - Elsevier
How do perceptions of one's relative economic status affect gender attitudes, including
support for women's economic participation and involvement in decision-making in their …

Improving Mental Health of Adolescent Girls in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: Causal Evidence from Life Skills Programming

M Shah, S Baird, J Seager, B Avuwadah… - Journal of Human …, 2024 - jhr.uwpress.org
This study provides causal evidence on the impact of life skills programming on the mental
health of adolescent girls aged 10–19 in three distinct low-and middle-income countries …

Women's empowerment and intimate partner violence: Evidence from a multidimensional policy in india

S Chatterjee, P Poddar - Economic Development and …, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
In this paper, we study a multidimensional women's empowerment program from India to
estimate its effects on intimate partner violence faced by women. We exploit plausibly …

[图书][B] Wheels of change: Transforming girls' lives with bicycles

N Fiala, A Garcia-Hernandez, K Narula, N Prakash - 2022 - econstor.eu
Reducing the gender gap in education is a primary goal for many countries. Two major
challenges for many girls are the distance to school and their safety when commuting to …

Skills training and business outcomes: Experimental evidence from Liberia

AC Dammert, A Nansamba - World Development, 2023 - Elsevier
Small firms account for a large share of employment in developing countries. A standard
approach aimed at improving start-up, survival, and growth entails training the entrepreneur …

Preventing soft skill decay among early-career women in STEM during COVID-19: Evidence from a longitudinal intervention

JL Melin, SJ Correll - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
As the workforce shifts to being predominantly hybrid and remote, how can companies help
employees—particularly early-career women in science, technology, engineering, and …