On her own account: How strengthening women's financial control impacts labor supply and gender norms
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Field, E; Pande, R; Rigol, N; Schaner, S; Moore, CT
Published in: American Economic Review
July 1, 2021
Can increasing control over earnings incentivize a woman to work, and thereby influence norms around gender roles? We randomly varied whether rural Indian women received bank accounts, training in account use, and direct deposit of public sector wages into their own (versus husbands') accounts. Relative to the accounts only group, women who also received direct deposit and training worked more in public and private sector jobs. The private sector result suggests gender norms initially constrained female employment. Three years later, direct deposit and training broadly liberalized women's own work-related norms, and shifted perceptions of community norms.
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1944-7981
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0002-8282
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July 1, 2021
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111
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7
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2342 / 2375
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- 38 Economics
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Field, E., Pande, R., Rigol, N., Schaner, S., & Moore, C. T. (2021). On her own account: How strengthening women's financial control impacts labor supply and gender norms. American Economic Review, 111(7), 2342–2375. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20200705
Field, E., R. Pande, N. Rigol, S. Schaner, and C. T. Moore. “On her own account: How strengthening women's financial control impacts labor supply and gender norms.” American Economic Review 111, no. 7 (July 1, 2021): 2342–75. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20200705.
Field E, Pande R, Rigol N, Schaner S, Moore CT. On her own account: How strengthening women's financial control impacts labor supply and gender norms. American Economic Review. 2021 Jul 1;111(7):2342–75.
Field, E., et al. “On her own account: How strengthening women's financial control impacts labor supply and gender norms.” American Economic Review, vol. 111, no. 7, July 2021, pp. 2342–75. Scopus, doi:10.1257/aer.20200705.
Field E, Pande R, Rigol N, Schaner S, Moore CT. On her own account: How strengthening women's financial control impacts labor supply and gender norms. American Economic Review. 2021 Jul 1;111(7):2342–2375.
Published In
American Economic Review
DOI
EISSN
1944-7981
ISSN
0002-8282
Publication Date
July 1, 2021
Volume
111
Issue
7
Start / End Page
2342 / 2375
Related Subject Headings
- Economics
- 38 Economics
- 35 Commerce, management, tourism and services
- 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
- 14 Economics