Does Gender Matter for Small Business Performance? Experimental Evidence from India
The gender profit gap in micro-enterprises is likely to be driven by gender differences in access to capital and business inputs rather than seller behavior or demand-side constraints.
Seeds of Prevention: The Impact on Health Behaviors of Young Adolescent Girls in Uttar Pradesh, India, a Cluster Randomized Control Trial
An integrated, school-based intervention among girls in early adolescence led to healthier behaviors in nutrition, hygiene, reproductive health, and use of health services.
Nandita Kapadia-Kundu,
Douglas Storey,
Basil Safi,
Geetali Trivedi,
Rama Tupe,
G. Narayana
Effect Of A Participatory Intervention With Women’s Groups On Birth Outcomes And Maternal Depression In Jharkhand And Orissa, India: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial
Women’s groups led by peer facilitators reduced neonatal mortality rates and maternal depression in tribal, rural populations of eastern India.
Prasanta Tripathy,
Nirmala Nair,
Sarah Barnett,
Rajendra Mahapatra,
Josephine Borghi,
Shibanand Rath,
Suchitra Rath,
Rajkumar Gope,
Dipnath Mahto,
Rajesh Sinha,
Rashmi Lakshminarayana,
Vikram Patel,
Christina Pagel,
Audrey Prost,
Anthony Costello
Gender Differences In Competition: Evidence From A Matrilineal And A Patriarchal Society
Women are less competitive than men in patriarchal societies, but this result reverses in matrilineal societies, where women are more competitive than men.
Does the Classic Microfinance Model Discourage Entrepreneurship Among the Poor? Experimental Evidence from India
Adding a two-month grace period in microfinance loan repayments, rather than the traditional immediate repayment model, may increase default rates, but it also leads to more micro-enterprise investment, a greater likelihood of starting a new business, and higher profits three-years later for poor women in Kolkata.
Erica Field,
Rohini Pande,
John Papp,
Natalia Rigol
Sex Workers, Stigma and Self-Belief: Evidence from a Psychological Training Program in India
Sex workers who undergo a comprehensive training program focused on improved agency and psychological empowerment exhibit positive changes in self-esteem, outlook, future-orientation, and health and economic behaviors.
Sayantan Ghosal,
Smarajit Jana,
Anandi Mani,
Sandip Mitra,
Sanchari Roy
Does Gender Matter for Small Business Performance? Experimental Evidence from India
The gender profit gap in micro-enterprises is likely to be driven by gender differences in access to capital and business inputs rather than seller behavior or demand-side constraints.
Effect Of A Participatory Intervention With Women’s Groups On Birth Outcomes And Maternal Depression In Jharkhand And Orissa, India: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial
Women’s groups led by peer facilitators reduced neonatal mortality rates and maternal depression in tribal, rural populations of eastern India.
Prasanta Tripathy,
Nirmala Nair,
Sarah Barnett,
Rajendra Mahapatra,
Josephine Borghi,
Shibanand Rath,
Suchitra Rath,
Rajkumar Gope,
Dipnath Mahto,
Rajesh Sinha,
Rashmi Lakshminarayana,
Vikram Patel,
Christina Pagel,
Audrey Prost,
Anthony Costello
Gender Differences In Competition: Evidence From A Matrilineal And A Patriarchal Society
Women are less competitive than men in patriarchal societies, but this result reverses in matrilineal societies, where women are more competitive than men.
Does the Classic Microfinance Model Discourage Entrepreneurship Among the Poor? Experimental Evidence from India
Adding a two-month grace period in microfinance loan repayments, rather than the traditional immediate repayment model, may increase default rates, but it also leads to more micro-enterprise investment, a greater likelihood of starting a new business, and higher profits three-years later for poor women in Kolkata.
Erica Field,
Rohini Pande,
John Papp,
Natalia Rigol
Sex Workers, Stigma and Self-Belief: Evidence from a Psychological Training Program in India
Sex workers who undergo a comprehensive training program focused on improved agency and psychological empowerment exhibit positive changes in self-esteem, outlook, future-orientation, and health and economic behaviors.
Sayantan Ghosal,
Smarajit Jana,
Anandi Mani,
Sandip Mitra,
Sanchari Roy
Seeds of Prevention: The Impact on Health Behaviors of Young Adolescent Girls in Uttar Pradesh, India, a Cluster Randomized Control Trial
An integrated, school-based intervention among girls in early adolescence led to healthier behaviors in nutrition, hygiene, reproductive health, and use of health services.
Nandita Kapadia-Kundu,
Douglas Storey,
Basil Safi,
Geetali Trivedi,
Rama Tupe,
G. Narayana
