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dc.contributor.authorBeaman, Lori
dc.contributor.authorDuflo, Esther
dc.contributor.authorPande, Rohini
dc.contributor.authorTopalova, Petia
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-05T19:04:04Z
dc.date.available2013-12-05T19:04:04Z
dc.date.issued2012-01
dc.date.submitted2011-08
dc.identifier.issn0036-8075
dc.identifier.issn1095-9203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82636
dc.description.abstractExploiting a randomized natural experiment in India, we show that female leadership influences adolescent girls’ career aspirations and educational attainment. A 1993 law reserved leadership positions for women in randomly selected village councils. Using 8453 surveys of adolescents aged 11 to 15 and their parents in 495 villages, we found that, relative to villages in which such positions were never reserved, the gender gap in aspirations closed by 20% in parents and 32% in adolescents in villages assigned a female leader for two election cycles. The gender gap in adolescent educational attainment was erased, and girls spent less time on household chores. We found no evidence of changes in young women’s labor market opportunities, which suggests that the impact of women leaders primarily reflects a role model effect.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.) (grant R01 HD039922-06)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipYale Universityen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUNICEFen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNike Foundationen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAsh Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovationen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)en_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1212382en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourcePMCen_US
dc.titleFemale Leadership Raises Aspirations and Educational Attainment for Girls: A Policy Experiment in Indiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationBeaman, L., E. Duflo, R. Pande, and P. Topalova. “Female Leadership Raises Aspirations and Educational Attainment for Girls: A Policy Experiment in India.” Science 335, no. 6068 (February 2, 2012): 582-586.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economicsen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorDuflo, Estheren_US
dc.relation.journalScienceen_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's final manuscripten_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsBeaman, L.; Duflo, E.; Pande, R.; Topalova, P.en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6105-617X
mit.licensePUBLISHER_POLICYen_US
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