This paper uses primary data from rural north India to show that participation in a community-level female empowerment program significantly increases access to employment, physical mobility, and political participation. The program provides support groups, literacy camps, adult education classes, and vocational training for rural women in several states of India; the data are from Uttarakhand. The paper uses instrumental variables and truncation-corrected...
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2013/4/01
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS6399
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2013/4/01
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Measuring the effect of a community-level program on women's empowerment outcomes : evidence from India
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women in developing countries