Striking gender gaps persist in fundamental aspects of human welfare. In India, the setting of
this paper, these gaps are particularly large. Interventions often target adolescent girls with …

This thesis explores the drivers of socio-economic and gender inequalities in material living
standards, agency, health, and education. It combines four self-contained papers. The first …

Regularised regression methods have been developed in the past to overcome the
shortcomings of ordinarily least squares (OLS) regression of not performing well with respect …

ABSTRACT In the Russian Federation with vulnerable permafrost areas and large forested
areas as elsewhere, climate change affects the lives of citizens. Action depends on levels of …

Abstract (EN) This thesis reveals methods for estimating individual perception at the regional
level, such as environmental awareness or wage effects due to labour market tightness …

Bargaining models predict that cash transfers targeted at women can increase women's
influence in household decisions, however empirical evidence is mixed. We employ a fuzzy …