Baylis, KathyKandpal, EeshaniArends-Kuenning, Mary2013-04-182013-04-182013-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13203This paper uses primary data from rural north India to show that participation in a community-level female empowerment program significantly increases access to employment, physical mobility, and political participation. The program provides support groups, literacy camps, adult education classes, and vocational training for rural women in several states of India; the data are from Uttarakhand. The paper uses instrumental variables and truncation-corrected matching on primary data to disentangle the program's mechanisms, separately considering its effect on women who work, and those who do not work but whose reservation wage is increased by participation. The analysis also finds significant spillover effects on non-participants relative to women in untreated districts. It finds consistent estimates for average treatment and intent to treat effectsen-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO EMPLOYMENTACCESS TO INFORMATIONADULT EDUCATIONAGE AT MARRIAGEAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGYALCOHOLISMALLOCATION OF RESOURCESAUTONOMYAVERAGE FAMILY SIZEBENEFITS OF PARTICIPATIONBIRTH CONTROLCASH CROPCENSUSESCHILD MALNUTRITIONCHILD SURVIVALCHILD SURVIVAL RATESCHILD WELFARECITIESCOMMUNITY ACTIONCOMMUNITY BUILDINGCOMMUNITY-LEVEL PROGRAMSCONTINUING EDUCATIONCONTRACEPTIVE CHOICESCONTRACEPTIVE USECONTRACEPTIVESDATA COLLECTIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDISTRICTSDOMESTIC VIOLENCEDOMINANCEDOWRYDROPOUTECONOMIC INEQUALITYEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPOWERING WOMENEMPOWERMENTENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYFAMILIESFAMILY HOMEFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY WELFAREFEASIBILITYFEMALEFEMALE CHILDRENFEMALE EDUCATIONFEMALE INFANTICIDEFEMALE LITERACYFEMALESFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFEWER CHILDRENFIELDWORKFIGURESGENDERGENDER EQUALITYGENDER EQUITYGENDER INEQUALITYGIRLSHEALTH PROMOTIONHOMEHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLDSHOUSESHUSBANDHUSBANDSINCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIESINDIVIDUAL HEALTHINDIVIDUAL WOMENINEQUALITYINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMENINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERVENTIONSINTERVIEWSINVESTMENT IN CHILDRENJOB OPPORTUNITIESKINSHIPKINSHIP STRUCTURELABOR FORCELABOUR MARKETLACK OF DEVELOPMENTLARGE NUMBERS OF WOMENLAWSLEARNINGLITERACYMARRIED WOMANMARRIED WOMENMATERNAL HEALTHMIDWIVESMIGRATIONMINISTRY OF HEALTHMOBILIZATIONMOTHERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTNATURE OF WOMENNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUMBER OF WOMENOLDER MENOLDER WOMENPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION STUDIESPOWERPREVENTIVE HEALTH CAREPROGRAM EVALUATIONPROGRESSRECONSTRUCTIONRELIGIONRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESPECTRURAL WOMENSCARCE RESOURCESSCHOOL ATTENDANCESELF-CONFIDENCESELF-ESTEEMSEXSEX RATIOSOCIAL CHANGESOCIAL CLASSSOCIAL INTERACTIONSSOCIAL NETWORKSSOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL PARTICIPATIONSOCIAL STATUSSOCIETYSPECIAL EDUCATIONSPILLOVERSPILLOVER EFFECTSPILLOVER EFFECTSSPOUSETEACHINGUNMARRIED WOMENVILLAGEVILLAGESVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL TRAININGWILLWIVESWOMANWOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIESYOUNG CHILDRENYOUNG WOMENWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6399