Empowering Women : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan

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 experim...

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Main Authors:	Beath, Andrew, Christia, Fotini, Enikolopov, Ruben
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO SERVICES AID CHILD LABOR CHILD MORTALITY COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURAL CONTEXT CULTURAL NORMS CULTURAL PRACTICES CUSTOM DESCRIPTION DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISTRICTS DOCTOR DOCTORS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN ECONOMICS OF GENDER EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN EQUAL RIGHTS EQUAL TERMS EQUAL TERMS WITH MEN ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNICITY FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY VALUES FATHER FATHERS FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE DOCTORS FEMALE LEADERS GENDER GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY IN RIGHTS GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAP GENDER IMBALANCES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER QUOTAS GENDER RELATIONS GENDER ROLES GENDER SEGREGATION GENDER STEREOTYPES GIRLS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH CARE HOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSEWIVES HUSBANDS IDENTITY INSURANCE INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LAND OWNERSHIP LITERACY LOCAL PARTICIPATION MALES MARKET PLACE MARRIAGE PARTNERS MEDICINE MEDICINE WOMEN MIDWIVES MOBILITY MOTHER MOTHERS MUSLIM WOMEN NEIGHBORHOOD NURSE OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PENSION PHYSICAL VIOLENCE POWER PROCREATION PROFESSIONAL WOMEN PROPERTY RIGHTS REFUGEES REHABILITATION RELIGION ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SEX SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INTERACTIONS SOCIETIES SOCIETY STATUS OF WOMEN STD SUFFRAGE UNITED NATIONS UNMARRIED MEN VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WEDDINGS WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN IN POLITICS WOMEN IN SOCIETY WOMEN LEADERS WOMEN'S STATUS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16974758/empowering-women-evidence-field-experiment-afghanistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12116

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spelling	okr-10986-121162021-04-23T14:02:59Z Empowering Women : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan Beath, Andrew Christia, Fotini Enikolopov, Ruben ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO SERVICES AID CHILD LABOR CHILD MORTALITY COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURAL CONTEXT CULTURAL NORMS CULTURAL PRACTICES CUSTOM DESCRIPTION DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISTRICTS DOCTOR DOCTORS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN ECONOMICS OF GENDER EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN EQUAL RIGHTS EQUAL TERMS EQUAL TERMS WITH MEN ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNICITY FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY VALUES FATHER FATHERS FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE DOCTORS FEMALE LEADERS GENDER GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY IN RIGHTS GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAP GENDER IMBALANCES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER QUOTAS GENDER RELATIONS GENDER ROLES GENDER SEGREGATION GENDER STEREOTYPES GIRLS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH CARE HOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSEWIVES HUSBANDS IDENTITY INSURANCE INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LAND OWNERSHIP LITERACY LOCAL PARTICIPATION MALES MARKET PLACE MARRIAGE PARTNERS MEDICINE MEDICINE WOMEN MIDWIVES MOBILITY MOTHER MOTHERS MUSLIM WOMEN NEIGHBORHOOD NURSE OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PENSION PHYSICAL VIOLENCE POWER PROCREATION PROFESSIONAL WOMEN PROPERTY RIGHTS REFUGEES REHABILITATION RELIGION ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SEX SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INTERACTIONS SOCIETIES SOCIETY STATUS OF WOMEN STD SUFFRAGE UNITED NATIONS UNMARRIED MEN VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WEDDINGS WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN IN POLITICS WOMEN IN SOCIETY WOMEN LEADERS WOMEN'S STATUS 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. 2013-01-04T22:24:42Z 2013-01-04T22:24:42Z 2012-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16974758/empowering-women-evidence-field-experiment-afghanistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12116 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6269 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Afghanistan
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topic	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO SERVICES AID CHILD LABOR CHILD MORTALITY COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURAL CONTEXT CULTURAL NORMS CULTURAL PRACTICES CUSTOM DESCRIPTION DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISTRICTS DOCTOR DOCTORS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN ECONOMICS OF GENDER EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN EQUAL RIGHTS EQUAL TERMS EQUAL TERMS WITH MEN ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNICITY FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY VALUES FATHER FATHERS FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE DOCTORS FEMALE LEADERS GENDER GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY IN RIGHTS GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAP GENDER IMBALANCES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER QUOTAS GENDER RELATIONS GENDER ROLES GENDER SEGREGATION GENDER STEREOTYPES GIRLS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH CARE HOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSEWIVES HUSBANDS IDENTITY INSURANCE INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LAND OWNERSHIP LITERACY LOCAL PARTICIPATION MALES MARKET PLACE MARRIAGE PARTNERS MEDICINE MEDICINE WOMEN MIDWIVES MOBILITY MOTHER MOTHERS MUSLIM WOMEN NEIGHBORHOOD NURSE OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PENSION PHYSICAL VIOLENCE POWER PROCREATION PROFESSIONAL WOMEN PROPERTY RIGHTS REFUGEES REHABILITATION RELIGION ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SEX SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INTERACTIONS SOCIETIES SOCIETY STATUS OF WOMEN STD SUFFRAGE UNITED NATIONS UNMARRIED MEN VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WEDDINGS WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN IN POLITICS WOMEN IN SOCIETY WOMEN LEADERS WOMEN'S STATUS
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO SERVICES AID CHILD LABOR CHILD MORTALITY COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURAL CONTEXT CULTURAL NORMS CULTURAL PRACTICES CUSTOM DESCRIPTION DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISTRICTS DOCTOR DOCTORS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN ECONOMICS OF GENDER EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN EQUAL RIGHTS EQUAL TERMS EQUAL TERMS WITH MEN ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNICITY FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY VALUES FATHER FATHERS FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE DOCTORS FEMALE LEADERS GENDER GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY IN RIGHTS GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAP GENDER IMBALANCES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER QUOTAS GENDER RELATIONS GENDER ROLES GENDER SEGREGATION GENDER STEREOTYPES GIRLS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH CARE HOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSEWIVES HUSBANDS IDENTITY INSURANCE INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LAND OWNERSHIP LITERACY LOCAL PARTICIPATION MALES MARKET PLACE MARRIAGE PARTNERS MEDICINE MEDICINE WOMEN MIDWIVES MOBILITY MOTHER MOTHERS MUSLIM WOMEN NEIGHBORHOOD NURSE OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PENSION PHYSICAL VIOLENCE POWER PROCREATION PROFESSIONAL WOMEN PROPERTY RIGHTS REFUGEES REHABILITATION RELIGION ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SEX SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INTERACTIONS SOCIETIES SOCIETY STATUS OF WOMEN STD SUFFRAGE UNITED NATIONS UNMARRIED MEN VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WEDDINGS WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN IN POLITICS WOMEN IN SOCIETY WOMEN LEADERS WOMEN'S STATUS Beath, Andrew Christia, Fotini Enikolopov, Ruben Empowering Women : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan
geographic_facet	South Asia Afghanistan
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6269
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Beath, Andrew Christia, Fotini Enikolopov, Ruben
author_facet	Beath, Andrew Christia, Fotini Enikolopov, Ruben
author_sort	Beath, Andrew
title	Empowering Women : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan
title_short	Empowering Women : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan
title_full	Empowering Women : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan
title_fullStr	Empowering Women : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan
title_full_unstemmed	Empowering Women : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan
title_sort	empowering women : evidence from a field experiment in afghanistan
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16974758/empowering-women-evidence-field-experiment-afghanistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12116
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Empowering Women : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan

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