pollution generated by coal fueled power units on the anemic status of children and women in India. We show that among very … among adult women. Impacts on anemic status are driven by the growth of PM2.5 pollution attributable to emissions from coal … increasing demand for energy that emerging market economies like India face. …

) as cooking fuel affects the time spent in cooking and employment activities for Indian rural women. We instrument use of … average is calculated leaving the concerned household. We find no impact of LPG on the probability of women participating in … spent in cooking and employment is mostly driven by married women. …

Using two nationally representative datasets from household surveys conducted in India in 2005 and 2012, the present … endogenous in India because parents continue to have children until they have a son. To redress this potential endogeneity, we …

-monotonic relationship of women's LFP with their education in developing countries (India) in contrast to the developed economies (United … improve with own education. Our theoretical predictions match the data for India at low levels of women's education but over … division of labor shows that norms can act as a binding constraint, producing much smaller increases in women's labor supply to …

We investigate whether legislation of equal inheritance rights for women modifies the historic preference for sons in … India, and find that it exacerbates it. Children born after the reform in families with a first-born daughter are 3 …

effects of women's local electoral success on subsequent female candidacy at higher levels of government in India from 1977 to …Gender gaps in leadership roles may be reduced by increasing the number of women in career stages that typically … precede high-status positions. This can occur by increasing the supply of experienced women, inspiring new female candidates …

There has been a phenomenal global increase in the proportion of women in politics in the last two decades, but there … India's state assemblies, leveraging close elections to isolate causal effects. We find significantly higher growth in … economic activity in constituencies that elect women and no evidence of negative spillovers to neighbouring male …

the likelihood of women being elected to state legislatures in India. We show that the program increased voter … prioritization of leader competence over gender, boosting the share of women among candidates and state parliamentarians and the …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender- based violence. Using … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …. We also find some evidence of an increase in women's labor supply following WPS opening, consistent with women feeling …