A policy experiment in India suggests that placing female leaders in positions of power can dramatically change public attitudes.
Book abstract: Muslim Secular Democracy: Voices From Within provides an expansive understanding of secularism in the Muslim World by…
Martha Alter Chen . 2013. “” in special issue of the Indian Journal of Industrial
Relations (IJIR) on “Unorganized Workers” guest-edited…
We report the results of an experiment that was designed to test for discrimination in grading in India. We recruited teachers to grade…
We estimate the effect of television on fertility in Brazil, where soap operas portray small families. We exploit differences in the timing…
This working paper, the first in the WIEGO Working Paper series, provides an overview of the definitional, theoretical, and policy debates…
The article presents a speech by development economist Lant Pritchett
delivered in the Belmont First Ward in Belmont, Massachusetts on…
Exploiting a randomized natural experiment in India, we show that female leadership influences adolescent girls' career aspirations and…