Gender and household decision-making in a Lao Village: implications for livelihoods in hydropower development

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 1599-1614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nireka Weeratunge ◽  
Olivier Joffre ◽  
Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu ◽  
Bounthanom Bouahom ◽  
Anousith Keophoxay
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Hydropower Development ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making

Working Women’s Decision-Making Power at Home: Evidence from Four North Indian Urban Clusters

Urbanisation ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 245574712110258
Author(s):  
Megan Maxwell ◽  
Milan Vaishnav
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Significant Heterogeneity ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Shed Light

Do working women enjoy greater levels of human agency? While the theoretical foundations underlying this connection are clear, the empirical evidence is quite mixed. We leverage detailed, new data on intra-household decision-making and labour market behaviour from four north Indian urban clusters to shed light on this question. We find that women who work exercise greater say in important decisions around the home. However, this ‘work advantage’ exhibits significant heterogeneity across decision types, decision-making domains, and definitions of work.

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