Title: Women as policy makers : evidence from a randomized policy experiment in India

Authors: Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra and Duflo, Esther

Place: [Cambridge, MA

Publisher: Massachusetts institute of technology (MIT). Department of economics]

Year: 2004

Journal: Econometrica

Volume: Vol. 72, No. 5

PAGE: 1409--1443

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: local government, gender, women in politics, public services, women in development, india

Abstract: This paper explores the impact of women as policy makers in the Panchayat system in India and finds that women are more likely to be involved in local governance in villages with a reserved Pradhan. Women also tend to work for public goods that are more closely related to women's concerns.

URL: http://econ-www.mit.edu/files/792

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