Karl Ove Moene

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  Wheels of power - Long-term effects of targeting girls with in-kind transfers

  13 Feb 2017 | Shabana Mitra, Karl Ove Moene

  
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  Women's empowerment and changing social norms: Persistent effects of a one-time targeted in-kind transfer in India

  An evaluation of the long-term impact of the Government of Bihar’s bicycle programme, started in 2006, where every girl enrolled in grade 9 receives money to buy a bicycle. A girl with a cycle is more likely to complete school (22.9%) or college (5%) compared to a girl who did not get a cycle. Cycle girls are also 4% less likely to be working in agriculture,...

  4 Sep 2015 | Shabana Mitra, Karl Ove Moene