Hidden Human Capital : Psychological Empowerment and Adolescent Girls' Aspirations in India

This paper studies the role of social-emotional or psychological capital in determining the education and employment aspirations of adolescent girls and young women in India. The study finds that girls' self-efficacy and mental health are impo...

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Main Authors:	Roy, Sanchari, Morton, Matthew, Bhattacharya, Shrayana
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	social-emotional skills self-efficacy aspirations adolescents youth gender labor market education social empowerment
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26695750/hidden-human-capital-psychological-empowerment-adolescent-girls-aspirations-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25037

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spelling	okr-10986-250372021-04-23T14:04:28Z Hidden Human Capital : Psychological Empowerment and Adolescent Girls' Aspirations in India Roy, Sanchari Morton, Matthew Bhattacharya, Shrayana social-emotional skills self-efficacy aspirations adolescents youth gender labor market education social empowerment This paper studies the role of social-emotional or psychological capital in determining the education and employment aspirations of adolescent girls and young women in India. The study finds that girls' self-efficacy and mental health are important determinants of their educational and employment aspirations, suggesting that these hidden forms of human capital may serve as critical targets for interventions aiming to alter girls' educational and economic trajectories. The study also identifies factors that correlate with girls' level of self-efficacy, and finds that an "enabling" and supportive family and community environment appears to be important. 2016-09-12T19:01:40Z 2016-09-12T19:01:40Z 2016-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26695750/hidden-human-capital-psychological-empowerment-adolescent-girls-aspirations-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25037 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7792 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India
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description	This paper studies the role of social-emotional or psychological capital in determining the education and employment aspirations of adolescent girls and young women in India. The study finds that girls' self-efficacy and mental health are important determinants of their educational and employment aspirations, suggesting that these hidden forms of human capital may serve as critical targets for interventions aiming to alter girls' educational and economic trajectories. The study also identifies factors that correlate with girls' level of self-efficacy, and finds that an "enabling" and supportive family and community environment appears to be important.
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author	Roy, Sanchari Morton, Matthew Bhattacharya, Shrayana
author_facet	Roy, Sanchari Morton, Matthew Bhattacharya, Shrayana
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title	Hidden Human Capital : Psychological Empowerment and Adolescent Girls' Aspirations in India
title_short	Hidden Human Capital : Psychological Empowerment and Adolescent Girls' Aspirations in India
title_full	Hidden Human Capital : Psychological Empowerment and Adolescent Girls' Aspirations in India
title_fullStr	Hidden Human Capital : Psychological Empowerment and Adolescent Girls' Aspirations in India
title_full_unstemmed	Hidden Human Capital : Psychological Empowerment and Adolescent Girls' Aspirations in India
title_sort	hidden human capital : psychological empowerment and adolescent girls' aspirations in india
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26695750/hidden-human-capital-psychological-empowerment-adolescent-girls-aspirations-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25037
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Hidden Human Capital : Psychological Empowerment and Adolescent Girls' Aspirations in India

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