With or Without Him? Experimental Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Cash Grants and Trainings in Tunisia
Is it possible to stimulate women’s employment by relaxing their financial and human capital constraints Does involving husbands help or hinder the effort Using an experiment in Tunisia, this paper shows that providing cash grants and financial tra...
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| Language: | English English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099746207282212368/IDU03b902dd70ca8c04e410b95e0277f830615dc http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37791 |
| Summary: | Is it possible to stimulate women’s
employment by relaxing their financial and human capital
constraints Does involving husbands help or hinder the
effort Using an experiment in Tunisia, this paper shows that
providing cash grants and financial training to women
stimulates their income generating activities, but only when
their partners are not involved. The program did not alter
traditional gender roles. Instead, it encouraged employment
of other household members and investments in small-scale
agriculture and livestock farming — two activities
traditionally undertaken by women at home. The impacts on
household living standards are overwhelmingly positive, and
suggest that the program is highly cost-effective. |
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