Song, Jie

Aspirations and women's empowerment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan

We find strong empirical evidence that raising aspirations is one route to empowering women. Higher aspirations on the part of husbands predicts more ...

How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea

How do perceptions of one's relative economic status affect gender attitudes, including support for women's economic participation and their involveme...

The effects of income fluctuations on rural health and nutrition

Our working paper, “The Effects of Income Fluctuations on Rural Health and Nutrition,” provides causal evidence on how the income fluctuations poo...