This paper evaluates the impact of strengthening legal rights on the types of economic opportunities that are pursued. Ethiopia changed its family law, requiring both spouses' consent in the administration of marital property, removing the ability of a spouse to deny permission for the other to work outside the home, and raising women's minimum age of marriage. Thus both access to resources and the removal of restrictions on employment served to strengthen...
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تفاصيل
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2013/11/01
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS6695
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2013/11/01
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Strengthening economic rights and women's occupational choice : the impact of reforming Ethiopia's family law
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Occupation