Women’s empowerment in action: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa

Women’s empowerment in action: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa

Women in developing countries are disempowered relative to their contemporaries in developed countries. High youth unemployment and early marriage and childbearing interact to limit human capital investment and enforce dependence on men. In this paper, we evaluate an attempt to jump-start adolescent...

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Main Authors: Bandiera, Oriana, Buehren, Niklas, Burgess, Robin, Goldstein, Markus, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank 2022
Subjects:
Africa
Adolescents
Women empowerment
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10361/15846

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http://hdl.handle.net/10361/15846

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