Empowering Women: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan

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Andrew Beath

World Bank

Fotini Christia

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Political Science

Ruben Enikolopov

New Economic School; Institute of Political Economy and Governance; ICREA; Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Barcelona GSE

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Date Written: November 1, 2012

Abstract

In societies with widespread gender discrimination, development programs that encourage female participation in local governance can potentially redress gender imbalances in economic, political, and social outcomes. Using a randomized field experiment encompassing 500 Afghan villages, this study finds that a development program which incorporates mandated female participation increases female mobility and involvement in income generation, but does not change female roles in family decision-making or attitudes toward the general role of women in society.

Keywords: Gender and Law, Gender and Health, Housing & Human Habitats, Anthropology, Gender and Development

Suggested Citation

Beath, Andrew and Christia, Fotini and Enikolopov, Ruben and Enikolopov, Ruben, Empowering Women: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan (November 1, 2012). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6269, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2178915

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Fotini Christia

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Political Science ( email )

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Ruben Enikolopov

New Economic School ( email )

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