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The Social Lives of Married Women : Peer Effects in Female Autonomy and Investments in Children (English)

In patriarchal societies, sticky norms affect married women's social circles, their autonomy, and the outcomes of intra-household bargaining. This paper uses primary data on women's social networks in Uttarakhand, India; the modal woman has only three friends, and over 80 percent do not have any friends of another caste. This paper examines the effect of a shock to friends' empowerment on a woman's autonomy, specifically physical mobility, access...
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Kandpal,Eeshani; Baylis,Kathy.

The Social Lives of Married Women : Peer Effects in Female Autonomy and Investments in Children (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8831 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/956911556196476666

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