Recent work by David Yanagizawa-Drott
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How gender norms are perceived across the world
Data from 60 countries across six continents reveals that, in almost every country, the support for basic rights is underestimated, especially among men, suggesting that aligning perceived and actual views may be a promising policy intervention to raise female labour force participation
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Women, work, and social norms in Saudi Arabia
Most Saudi men think that women should be allowed to work but are unaware that others share this view, so often don’t support their wife taking a job
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Reducing child mortality in the last mile: Experimental evidence on community health promoters in Uganda
An innovative community health programme providing financial incentives to health workers led to a 27% reduction in child mortality in rural Uganda