Andrew Beath|Fotini Christia|????? ??????????
Empowering Women through Development Aid: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology|New Economic School
societies widespread gender discrimination development programs gender quotas considered way improve womens economic political social status using randomized field experiment across 500 afghan villages examine effects development program mandates female participation find even highly conservative context like afghanistan initiatives improve outcomes specific female participation economic social political activities including increased mobility income generation however produce change entrenched female roles linked family decisionmaking attitudes toward general role women society