Empowering Women through Development Aid: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan
In societies with widespread gender discrimination, development programs with gender quotas are considered a way to improve women's economic, political, and social status. Using a randomized field experiment across 500 Afghan villages, we examine the effects of a development program that mandat...
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| author | Christia, Fotini Beath, Andrew Enikolopov, Ruben |
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| description | In societies with widespread gender discrimination, development programs with gender quotas are considered a way to improve women's economic, political, and social status. Using a randomized field experiment across 500 Afghan villages, we examine the effects of a development program that mandates female participation. We find that even in a highly conservative context like Afghanistan, such initiatives improve outcomes specific to female participation in some economic, social, and political activities, including increased mobility and income generation. They, however, produce no change in more entrenched female roles linked to family decision-making or in attitudes toward the general role of women in society. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/838692022-09-30T00:41:38Z Empowering Women through Development Aid: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan Christia, Fotini Beath, Andrew Enikolopov, Ruben Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science Christia, Fotini In societies with widespread gender discrimination, development programs with gender quotas are considered a way to improve women's economic, political, and social status. Using a randomized field experiment across 500 Afghan villages, we examine the effects of a development program that mandates female participation. We find that even in a highly conservative context like Afghanistan, such initiatives improve outcomes specific to female participation in some economic, social, and political activities, including increased mobility and income generation. They, however, produce no change in more entrenched female roles linked to family decision-making or in attitudes toward the general role of women in society. United States. Army Research Office. Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (Award W911NF-12-1-0509) 2014-01-10T20:27:54Z 2014-01-10T20:27:54Z 2013-07 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0003-0554 1537-5943 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/83869 BEATH, ANDREW, FOTINI CHRISTIA, and RUBEN ENIKOLOPOV. “Empowering Women through Development Aid: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan.” American Political Science Review 107, no. 03 (August 24, 2013): 540-557. © American Political Science Association https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1076-9879 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003055413000270 American Political Science Review Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Cambridge University Press MIT Web Domain |
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| title | Empowering Women through Development Aid: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan |
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| title_short | Empowering Women through Development Aid: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan |
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