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Paid Family Leave Effects on Breastfeeding: A Quasi-Experimental Study of US Policies

Paid family leave policies modestly increased the likelihood of exclusively breastfeeding at 6 months among married, White, higher-income, and older mothers.

Rita Hamad, Sepideh Modrek, Justin S. White (2019)
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New Evidence on the Effects of Mandatory Waiting Periods for Abortion

In Tennessee, mandatory waiting periods resulted in higher second-trimester abortions and overall reduction in abortion rates. 

Jason M. Lindo, Mayra Pineda-Torres (2021)
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Effects of health behavior change intervention through women’s self-help groups on maternal and newborn health practices and related inequalities in rural India: A quasi-experimental study

In India, women from most marginalized populations disproportionately benefit from women’s self-help groups receiving maternal and newborn health behavior change communication interventions.  

Avishek Hazra, Yamini Atmavilas, Katherine Hay, Niranjan Saggurti, Raj Kumar Verma, Jaleel Ahmad, Sampath Kumar, P.S. Mohanan, Dileep V. Mavalankar, Laili Irani (2019)
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Mobilizing the Underrepresented: Electoral Systems and Gender Inequality in Political Participation

Switching from a plurality to a proportional representation system increases equality in electoral participation along one central dimension: gender.

Øyvind Søraas Skorge (2021)
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Do Gender Quotas Really Reduce Bias? Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Southern Africa

There is weak evidence suggesting that young women in communities with a female quota changed their gender biases surrounding women's participation in politics.

Amanda Clayton (2018)
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Reducing Discrimination in the Field: Evidence from an Awareness Raising Intervention Targeting Gender Biases in Student Evaluations of Teaching

Encouraging students not to incur in gender discrimination is likely to be ineffective; a more effective approach is to present them data of past gender discrimination made by students. 

Anne Boring, Arnaud Philippe (2021)
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The Impact of an Inclusive Education Intervention on Learning Outcomes for Girls with Disabilities within a Resource-poor Setting

A holistic approach to inclusive education — one that spans both school and community settings — may benefit the educational attainment of girls with disabilities in Kenya.

Mark Carew, Marcella Deluca, Nora Groce, Sammy Fwaga, Maria Kett (2020)
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Work-Family Programs and Nonwork Networks: Within-Group Inequality, Network Activation, and Labor Market Attachment

At an Indian garment factory, employer-sponsored childcare increases working mothers' attendance, especially among mothers with daughters. 

Aruna Ranganathan, David Pedulla (2020)
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Were California’s Decarceration efforts smart? A quasi-experimental examination of racial, ethnic, and gender disparities

Decarceration efforts that do not explicitly address racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in incarceration rates risk exacerbating such gaps, even as they reduce overall incarceration.

Aaron Gottlieb, Pajarita Charles, Branden McLeod, Jean Kjellstrand, Janaé Bonsu (2020)
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Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India

A program in India that provided female students with access to bicycles increased secondary school enrollment for girls and narrowed the gender gap in secondary school enrollment.

Karthik Muralidharan, Nishith Prakash (2017)
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Paid Family Leave Effects on Breastfeeding: A Quasi-Experimental Study of US Policies

Paid family leave policies modestly increased the likelihood of exclusively breastfeeding at 6 months among married, White, higher-income, and older mothers.

Rita Hamad, Sepideh Modrek, Justin S. White (2019)
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Effects of health behavior change intervention through women’s self-help groups on maternal and newborn health practices and related inequalities in rural India: A quasi-experimental study

In India, women from most marginalized populations disproportionately benefit from women’s self-help groups receiving maternal and newborn health behavior change communication interventions.  

Avishek Hazra, Yamini Atmavilas, Katherine Hay, Niranjan Saggurti, Raj Kumar Verma, Jaleel Ahmad, Sampath Kumar, P.S. Mohanan, Dileep V. Mavalankar, Laili Irani (2019)
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Do Gender Quotas Really Reduce Bias? Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Southern Africa

There is weak evidence suggesting that young women in communities with a female quota changed their gender biases surrounding women's participation in politics.

Amanda Clayton (2018)
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The Impact of an Inclusive Education Intervention on Learning Outcomes for Girls with Disabilities within a Resource-poor Setting

A holistic approach to inclusive education — one that spans both school and community settings — may benefit the educational attainment of girls with disabilities in Kenya.

Mark Carew, Marcella Deluca, Nora Groce, Sammy Fwaga, Maria Kett (2020)
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Were California’s Decarceration efforts smart? A quasi-experimental examination of racial, ethnic, and gender disparities

Decarceration efforts that do not explicitly address racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in incarceration rates risk exacerbating such gaps, even as they reduce overall incarceration.

Aaron Gottlieb, Pajarita Charles, Branden McLeod, Jean Kjellstrand, Janaé Bonsu (2020)
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New Evidence on the Effects of Mandatory Waiting Periods for Abortion

In Tennessee, mandatory waiting periods resulted in higher second-trimester abortions and overall reduction in abortion rates. 

Jason M. Lindo, Mayra Pineda-Torres (2021)
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Mobilizing the Underrepresented: Electoral Systems and Gender Inequality in Political Participation

Switching from a plurality to a proportional representation system increases equality in electoral participation along one central dimension: gender.

Øyvind Søraas Skorge (2021)
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Reducing Discrimination in the Field: Evidence from an Awareness Raising Intervention Targeting Gender Biases in Student Evaluations of Teaching

Encouraging students not to incur in gender discrimination is likely to be ineffective; a more effective approach is to present them data of past gender discrimination made by students. 

Anne Boring, Arnaud Philippe (2021)
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Work-Family Programs and Nonwork Networks: Within-Group Inequality, Network Activation, and Labor Market Attachment

At an Indian garment factory, employer-sponsored childcare increases working mothers' attendance, especially among mothers with daughters. 

Aruna Ranganathan, David Pedulla (2020)
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Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India

A program in India that provided female students with access to bicycles increased secondary school enrollment for girls and narrowed the gender gap in secondary school enrollment.

Karthik Muralidharan, Nishith Prakash (2017)
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