Gender Equality | EfD

Age at Marriage and Women's Labour Market Outcomes in India

Submitted by Tanay Ray Bhatt on Fri, 2020-05-01 07:15

EfD Authors:

We examine the relationship between women's age at marriage and their labour market outcomes using nationally representative household data from India. Employing an instrumental variable‐based empirical strategy, we find that a delay in women's age at marriage has no significant causal effect on their labour market outcomes. This is despite marriage delay being associated with higher education, lower fertility and (possibly) higher dowry for Indian women. We argue that this might be because older brides, as compared with younger brides, face more backlash from their partners.

Peer Reviewed

Gender

Scaling up Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) adoption in Uganda: Barriers and policy options

Submitted by Petra Hansson on Tue, 2026-01-27 10:44

EfD Authors:

The unpredictable shifts in climatic patterns and limited adaptive capacity are adversely affecting agriculture and, in turn, the livelihoods of the Ugandan population (UBOS, 2024). To this end, the Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Agriculture, working with other ministries, including the Ministries of Water and Environment, Energy, and Finance, has promoted the uptake of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) (Zizinga et al., 2022).

Policy Brief

Agriculture, Climate Change, Policy Design

Challenges and opportunities for implementation of inclusive sustainable energy transition policies in Eastern Africa

Submitted by Petra Hansson on Wed, 2026-01-21 09:06

EfD Authors:

Vásquez Quezada, Cristóbal

Jaime Torres, Mónica Marcela

Summary

Climate Change, Energy, Gender, Policy Design

Exploring demographic and productive factors in socioeconomic vulnerability of small-scale aquaculture in Chile

Submitted by Belén Pulgar on Tue, 2026-01-20 19:18

EfD Authors:

Carlos Rosas Muñoz, Juan

Abstract

Peer Reviewed

Fisheries, Gender, Policy Design

Heat, Gender, and Time: The Impact of Temperature on Time Allocation in India

Submitted by Arnaaz Zaman on Thu, 2026-01-15 10:18

EfD Authors:

Dasgupta, Aparajita

Datta, Ashokankur

This paper examines how heat stress influences gendered time allocation across diverse activity domains in a developing country context. We match high-resolution climate data (ERA5 global reanalysis dataset) with large-scale, high-frequency individual-level panel data from the Consumer Pyramids Household Survey (2019–2024). We find that extreme heat sharply reduces time spent in paid work, learning, and social–community participation, with larger declines for men in paid work and learning and for women in social activities.

Discussion Paper

Climate Change, Gender