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    Insights from 10 years of research on women's opportunities
    … data, while installing mobile towers in rural areas. The fact that this program was only implemented in villages that … pandemic , as well as  information on services targeting anemia . Similarly, during the pandemic, we reached out to …
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    Female agricultural workers at the study site in Madhya Pradesh. Ishan Tankha
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    Gender gaps and structural transformation in a new development era
    … closing gender gaps does not hurt growth and can, in fact, improve talent allocation, productivity, and economic … into a household labor supply model, revealing that urban-rural disparities in female labor force participation (FLFP) …
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    A wide show of panel speakers during a discussion Kaveh Sardari
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    Looking back on the "Women and the Digital Economy" event
    … all program villages had LTE network coverage. The IE research team conducted a quasi-experimental study based … Within Norms Constraints to Increase Women’s Phone Use: Mor Awaaz by Inclusion Economics India Centre and Inclusion …
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    Attendees of the "Women and the Digital Economy" event engaged in a discussion
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    Aakash Bhalothia
    … the impact of automated IVRS calls on bank usage rates for rural women in India. Aakash also got the opportunity to work with … before marriage, and reducing the perceived cost of norms among families. My time as a predoctoral fellow at Yale EGC …
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    Aakash Bhalothia
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    In Conversation: Costas Meghir and Amer Hasan on early childhood development
    … several ECD interventions – including an ongoing study in rural Kenya. Amer Hasan , Senior Economist with the World … quality care: Insights on advancing child development and women’s empowerment ” conference in New Haven. Meghir and … approach.  We realized we were fostering connections among socially isolated Indian women – who often marry into …
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    Image showing economists Costas Meghir (Yale) and Amer Hasan (World Bank) engaged in a discussion
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    Towards Gender Equality Newsletter Issue #7: Women in Leadership
    … in female CEO appointments and women's representation among top earners. Instrumental variables estimates show that … lending in rural India and the effects of legal rights awareness programs for widows in Egypt.  See Paul-Delvaux’s … on gender inequality: EGC GENDER & GROWTH GAPS PROJECT IE GENDER PORTFOLIO Related News Items News Towards Gender …
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    Kaivan Munshi
    … the status game between upper castes and lower castes in rural India, showing that status considerations help explain the withdrawal of women from the labor force that has accompanied economic … countries, and the unusually high risk of diabetes among normal weight individuals in those countries. Professor …
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    Kaivan Munshi
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    Rohini Pande and Charity Troyer Moore in Indian Express: The budget relegated women’s economic participation to secondary importance
    … The budget relegated women’s economic participation to secondary importance By  … own and her family’s well-being, the continuing decline in rural women’s labour force participation is a cause for … own and her family’s well-being, the continuing decline in rural women’s labour force participation is a cause for …
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    Charity Troyer Moore
    … focuses how to make labor markets work better for the rural poor, particularly women, and the relevance of bureaucratic structure to local service delivery in low-income settings, among other topics. Charity Troyer Moore … Charity Troyer …
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    Charity Troyer
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    The Benefits of Financial Autonomy for India's Rural Women
    … 22, 2018.   The Benefits of Financial Autonomy for India's Rural Women … March 22, 2018 | News The Benefits of Financial Autonomy for India's Rural Women In an interview with Melinda Gates, Rohini Pande …
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    Yale researchers offer new insight into the role of women in economic development
    … Yale researchers offer new insight into the role of women in economic development … March 7, 2025 | News Yale … gender differences in labor market outcomes. From rural fields to urban kitchens: the decline of women’s work … newsletter: a bimonthly deep dive Last year, EGC and IE launched the Towards Gender Equality newsletter as a forum …
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    A woman in a tan sweater asks a question during a conference Julia Luckett