Improving shock-coping with savings: The case of transactional sex Mobile banking to increase personal savings reduces the use of transactional sex for shock-coping among vulnerable women in Kenya Finance Kelly Jones Erick Gong Published 19.07.19
The value of reference letters: Experimental evidence from South Africa References from former employers help women to find jobs and assist hiring firms in selecting high-ability candidates Labour Markets Martin Abel Rulof Burger Patrizio Piraino Published 13.06.19
Early marriage and the persistence of traditional gender norms Research in Bangladesh shows how early marriage contributes towards women expressing more traditional gender attitudes Institutions & Political Economy M Niaz Asadullah Zaki Wahhaj Published 11.03.19
The impact of skills development on adolescent girls in Uganda and Liberia Gender-sensitive youth employment programmes combining income generation and life skills training can be effective in helping adolescent girls succeed Labour Markets Markus Goldstein Published 07.12.17
Labour markets and poverty in village economies Programme to provide ultra-poor women in Bangladesh with livestock assets suggests one-off interventions can be effective in fighting extreme poverty Social Protection Oriana Bandiera Robin Burgess Imran Rasul Published 29.06.17
Land and financial misallocation in India A strong positive correlation emerges between the misallocation of land and misallocation of finance Finance Gilles Duranton Ejaz Ghani Arti Grover Goswami William Kerr Published 27.05.16
Manufacturing growth and the lives of Bangladeshi women The rise of the Bangladeshi garment industry can help explain declining fertility, increasing age at marriage, and increasing educational attainment Public Economics Rachel Heath Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak Published 04.08.15
Bride and prejudice: The price of education Without other subsidies, well-intentioned activism against bride price may cause more harm than good for investing in girls’ education. Education Nava Ashraf Natalie Bau Nathan Nunn Alessandra Voena Published 21.06.17
