The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola : Lessons from an Empowerment Program

The authors evaluate an intervention to raise young women’s economic empowerment in Sierra Leone, where women frequently experience sexual violence and face multiple economic disadvantages. The intervention provides them with a protective space (a...

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Main Authors:	Bandiera, Oriana, Buehren, Niklas, Goldstein, Markus, Rasul, Imran, Smurra, Andrea
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	EMPOWERMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION YOUNG WOMEN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AGE OF MARRIAGE LABOR MARKET ADOLESCENT FERTILITY RATE GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY EBOLA INFECTIOUS DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL TRANSACTIONAL SEX WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/149651548746681379/The-Economic-Lives-of-Young-Women-in-the-Time-of-Ebola-Lessons-from-an-Empowerment-Program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31219

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spelling	okr-10986-312192021-05-25T09:21:19Z The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola : Lessons from an Empowerment Program Bandiera, Oriana Buehren, Niklas Goldstein, Markus Rasul, Imran Smurra, Andrea EMPOWERMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION YOUNG WOMEN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AGE OF MARRIAGE LABOR MARKET ADOLESCENT FERTILITY RATE GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY EBOLA INFECTIOUS DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL TRANSACTIONAL SEX WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT The authors evaluate an intervention to raise young women’s economic empowerment in Sierra Leone, where women frequently experience sexual violence and face multiple economic disadvantages. The intervention provides them with a protective space (a club) where they can find support, receive information on health or reproductive issues and vocational training. Unexpectedly, the post-baseline period coincided with the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Our analysis documents the impact of the Ebola outbreak on the economic lives of 4,700 women tracked over the crisis, and any ameliorating role played by the intervention. In highly disrupted control villages, the crisis leads younger girls to spend significantly more time with men, out-of-wedlock pregnancies rise, and as a result, they experience a persistent 16pp drop in school enrolment post-crisis. These adverse effects are almost entirely reversed in treated villages because the intervention enables young girls to allocate time away from men, preventing out-of-wedlock pregnancies and enabling them to re-enroll in school post-crisis. In treated villages, the unavailability of young women leads some older girls to use transactional sex as a coping strategy. The intervention causes them to increase contraceptive use so this does not translate into higher fertility. 2019-02-05T16:25:23Z 2019-02-05T16:25:23Z 2018-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/149651548746681379/The-Economic-Lives-of-Young-Women-in-the-Time-of-Ebola-Lessons-from-an-Empowerment-Program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31219 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Sierra Leone
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topic	EMPOWERMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION YOUNG WOMEN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AGE OF MARRIAGE LABOR MARKET ADOLESCENT FERTILITY RATE GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY EBOLA INFECTIOUS DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL TRANSACTIONAL SEX WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle	EMPOWERMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION YOUNG WOMEN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AGE OF MARRIAGE LABOR MARKET ADOLESCENT FERTILITY RATE GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY EBOLA INFECTIOUS DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL TRANSACTIONAL SEX WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT Bandiera, Oriana Buehren, Niklas Goldstein, Markus Rasul, Imran Smurra, Andrea The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola : Lessons from an Empowerment Program
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description	The authors evaluate an intervention to raise young women’s economic empowerment in Sierra Leone, where women frequently experience sexual violence and face multiple economic disadvantages. The intervention provides them with a protective space (a club) where they can find support, receive information on health or reproductive issues and vocational training. Unexpectedly, the post-baseline period coincided with the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Our analysis documents the impact of the Ebola outbreak on the economic lives of 4,700 women tracked over the crisis, and any ameliorating role played by the intervention. In highly disrupted control villages, the crisis leads younger girls to spend significantly more time with men, out-of-wedlock pregnancies rise, and as a result, they experience a persistent 16pp drop in school enrolment post-crisis. These adverse effects are almost entirely reversed in treated villages because the intervention enables young girls to allocate time away from men, preventing out-of-wedlock pregnancies and enabling them to re-enroll in school post-crisis. In treated villages, the unavailability of young women leads some older girls to use transactional sex as a coping strategy. The intervention causes them to increase contraceptive use so this does not translate into higher fertility.
format	Working Paper
author	Bandiera, Oriana Buehren, Niklas Goldstein, Markus Rasul, Imran Smurra, Andrea
author_facet	Bandiera, Oriana Buehren, Niklas Goldstein, Markus Rasul, Imran Smurra, Andrea
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title	The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola : Lessons from an Empowerment Program
title_short	The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola : Lessons from an Empowerment Program
title_full	The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola : Lessons from an Empowerment Program
title_fullStr	The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola : Lessons from an Empowerment Program
title_full_unstemmed	The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola : Lessons from an Empowerment Program
title_sort	economic lives of young women in the time of ebola : lessons from an empowerment program
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/149651548746681379/The-Economic-Lives-of-Young-Women-in-the-Time-of-Ebola-Lessons-from-an-Empowerment-Program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31219
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The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola : Lessons from an Empowerment Program

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