Women’s empowerment in action: evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa

Oriana Bandiera, Niklas Buehren (), Robin Burgess, Markus Goldstein, Selim Gulesci (), Imran Rasul and Munshi Sulaiman

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Abstract: We evaluate a multifaceted policy intervention attempting to jump-start adolescent women's empowerment in Uganda by simultaneously providing them vocational training and information on sex, reproduction, and marriage. We find that four years postintervention, adolescent girls in treated communities are more likely to be self-employed. Teen pregnancy, early entry into marriage/cohabitation, and the share of girls reporting sex against their will fall sharply. The results highlight the potential of a multifaceted program that provides skills transfers as a viable and cost-effective policy intervention to improve the economic and social empowerment of adolescent girls over a four-year horizon.

JEL-codes: J13 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50 pages
Date: 2020-01-01
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Published in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 1, January, 2020, 12(1), pp. 210 - 259. ISSN: 1945-7782

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Journal Article: Women's Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa (2020)
Working Paper: Women's Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa (2018)
Working Paper: Women’s Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa (2014)
Working Paper: Women's empowerment in action: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa (2014)
Working Paper: Women’s empowerment in action: evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa (2014)
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