Measuring the Impact of Income-Generating Projects on Women's Empowerment Outcomes: Evidence From Rural Morocco
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Wharton Research Scholars
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Morocco
gender
women's empowerment
income-generating projects
impact evaluation
decision-making
bargaining
resources
observational data
instrumental variables
propensity score matching
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Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
International Business
Labor Relations
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
Nonprofit Administration and Management
gender
women's empowerment
income-generating projects
impact evaluation
decision-making
bargaining
resources
observational data
instrumental variables
propensity score matching
Business
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
International Business
Labor Relations
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
Nonprofit Administration and Management
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Aboukhsaiwan, Ola
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2014-05-02
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Income-generating projects are used as a tool of engendered development in developing economies. This paper uses primary data from rural Morocco to investigate whether income-generating projects have an impact on the five dimensions of women’s empowerment identified: economic decision-making, child decision-making, mobility, access to resources, and control over resources. The paper uses Instrumental Variable (IV) and Propensity Score Matching (PSM) methods to address the endogeneity and selection on observables issues that may arise in this enquiry. IV and PSM methods estimate a 39.63% and 14.21% significant increase in total empowerment respectively.