Rachel Heath|Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
Manufacturing growth and the lives of Bangladeshi women
University of Washington|Yale University
study effects explosive growth bangladeshi readymade garments industry lives bangladeshi women compare marriage childbearing school enrollment employment decisions women gain greater access garment sector jobs women living away factories years factories arrive close villages marriage enrollment decisions male siblings girls exposed garment sector delay marriage childbirth stems young girls becoming likely enrolled school garment jobs reward literacy numeracy arrive b older girls becoming likely employed outside home garmentproximate villages demand education generated manufacturing growth appears much larger effect female educational attainment compared largescale government conditional cash transfer program encourage female schooling