This paper examines whether granting property inheritance rights to women improves their participation in politics as … election candidates in India. In patriarchal societies like India, conservative gender norms often discourage women from active … time and financial resources, making it particularly challenging for women. Enhancing property rights has the potential to …

individual environmental preferences translate into voting for Green parties and analyze the mechanisms behind this effect … preferences into voting and supporting Green parties. These findings are robust to alternative definitions of Green parties and … environmental changes. The effect of environmental preferences on Green party voting is less pronounced among individuals living in …

-climate beliefs, behaviors, policy preferences, and novel data on voting for green parties - a particularly consequential outcome to …, and green voting, with voting gains equivalent to a substantial 35% increase. …

gap over the last two decades, using a PSVAR analysis. These investments, while not explicitly targeting women, may … increase both their labour supply - by reducing the unpaid care work burden - and pro-women labour demand through job creation … in care sectors that predominantly employ women. Our research reveals a positive and long-lasting impact of social …

We study the association between the ritual of menstrual restrictions and maternal health- care access as well as women …'s subjective well-being. Similar restrictions, also practised around the time of childbirth, are based on the assumption that women … controls as well as assess the sensitivity of our results to alternative estimation methods. We find that women who face any …

employment and earnings of women, there is little evidence focusing on the post-communist region. This paper exploits the latest … towards women, as well as household decision-making as potential explanations. We find that small children decrease the … probability of female employment relative to women with no small children. In particular, women with two children aged one to six …