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The ‘Downside’ of Women Empowerment in India: An Experimental Inquiry into the Role of Expectations

The paper reports on a field experiment conducted among poor women organized in self-help groups in the north-east of India. The experiment tests in a simple game whether overly optimistic expectations with respect to the benefits of exercising agency reduces one’s appreciation of remaining with age...

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Autor principal: van Kempen, Luuk
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19920861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-009-9442-9