The present survey assesses the relevance of the collective model for the analysis of
households in poor countries. As an economic unit, a household creates the possibility of …

On the basis of first-hand data, we document the evolution of marriage, divorce and
remarriage practices in Northern Burkina Faso, and we highlight the emancipatory …

We show that large declines in maternal mortality can be achieved by raising women's
political participation. We estimate that the recent wave of quotas for women in parliament in …

Millions of women continue to die during and soon after childbirth, even where the
knowledge and resources to avoid this are available. We posit that raising the share of …

An institutional perspective emphasizes the fact that behavior is shaped by rules that
humans superimpose on their economic environment. In the context of the family, such rules …

Since the birth of modern development economics in the period immediately following the
Second World War, attention has been mostly directed to the determinants of long-term …

Impor tant synthesizing works have recently appeared that deal with the economics of the
family or the house hold, typically an informal institution according to the definition used in …

Violence against children is a human rights challenge. According to the UN Sustainable
Development Goal 16.2, all violence against children should be eliminated. This paper …

As a result of widespread mistreatment and overt discrimination in all dimensions of their
lives, women lack significant autonomy. The central preoccupation of this book is to explore …

This paper discusses research on the relationship between fertility and women's labor force
participation. It surveys methods used to obtain causal identification and provides an …