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The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola: Lessons from an Empowerment Program

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dc.contributor.authorBandiera, Oriana
dc.contributor.authorBuehren, Niklas
dc.contributor.authorGoldstein, Markus
dc.contributor.authorRasul, Imran
dc.contributor.authorSmurra, Andrea
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-05T16:25:23Z
dc.date.available2019-02-05T16:25:23Z
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.description.abstractThe authors evaluate an intervention to raise young women’s economic empowerment in Sierra Leone, where women frequently experience sexual violence and face multiple economic disadvantages. The intervention provides them with a protective space (a club) where they can find support, receive information on health or reproductive issues and vocational training. Unexpectedly, the post-baseline period coincided with the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Our analysis documents the impact of the Ebola outbreak on the economic lives of 4,700 women tracked over the crisis, and any ameliorating role played by the intervention. In highly disrupted control villages, the crisis leads younger girls to spend significantly more time with men, out-of-wedlock pregnancies rise, and as a result, they experience a persistent 16pp drop in school enrolment post-crisis. These adverse effects are almost entirely reversed in treated villages because the intervention enables young girls to allocate time away from men, preventing out-of-wedlock pregnancies and enabling them to re-enroll in school post-crisis. In treated villages, the unavailability of young women leads some older girls to use transactional sex as a coping strategy. The intervention causes them to increase contraceptive use so this does not translate into higher fertility.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/149651548746681379/The-Economic-Lives-of-Young-Women-in-the-Time-of-Ebola-Lessons-from-an-Empowerment-Program
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/31219
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/31219
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectEMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectYOUNG WOMEN
dc.subjectSKILLS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
dc.subjectVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
dc.subjectAGE OF MARRIAGE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectADOLESCENT FERTILITY RATE
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATION LAB
dc.subjectAFRICA GENDER POLICY
dc.subjectEBOLA
dc.subjectINFECTIOUS DISEASE
dc.subjectDISEASE CONTROL
dc.subjectTRANSACTIONAL SEX
dc.subjectWOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectWOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.titleThe Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebolaen
dc.title.subtitleLessons from an Empowerment Programen
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dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleThe Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola
okr.date.disclosure2019-01-28
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/149651548746681379/The-Economic-Lives-of-Young-Women-in-the-Time-of-Ebola-Lessons-from-an-Empowerment-Program
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/31219
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/31219
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countrySierra Leone
okr.topicGender::Gender and Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Communicable Diseases
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Disease Control & Prevention
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health and Poverty
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitGlobal Themes Department- Gender (GTGDR)
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