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Seminario CEDE - Seema Jayachandran

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Lugar:
Universidad de los Andes
Fecha: 21 de Agosto de 2020
Hora: De 10:00 am hasta 11:30 am

Societal norms about gender roles contribute to the economic disadvantages facing women in many developing countries. This paper evaluates a school-based intervention in India that engaged adolescents in classroom discussions about gender equality for two and a half years with the goal of eroding their support for restrictive gender norms. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that the program made attitudes 0.18 standard deviations more supportive of gender equality, or, equivalently, converted 16% of participants’ regressive views. In addition, self-reported behavior became more aligned with progressive gender norms, particularly among boys. The effects observed in the short run were still present two years after the program had ended.

“Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India”.

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