Despite growing evidence on the determinants of psychosocial wellbeing, we know comparatively little about the marginal impacts of different types of interventions on psychosocial versus economic outcomes. We conduct a randomized control trial among women in Rwanda that benchmarks two programs...

Research evidence across a number of disciplines and fields has shown that women can encounter both social and financial backlash when they behave assertively, for example, by asking for resources at the bargaining table. But this backlash appears to be most evident when a gender stereotype that...

The authors use the extraordinary 2008 phenomenon of female presidential and vice-presidential candidates in both of the main U.S. political parties to examine what obstacles remain for women, as they seek to negotiate access to the highest roles in society – and not just governmental roles....