Factors empowering women in Indian self-help group programs |
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| Authors: | Dr Ranjula Bali Swain Dr Fan Yang Wallentin |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics , Uppsala University , Uppsala , Sweden;2. Department of Economics , Norwegian School of Management (BI) , Oslo , Norway;3. Department of Statistics , Uppsala University , Uppsala , Sweden |
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| Abstract: | We evaluate the impact of economic and non-economic factors on women’s empowerment of Self-Help Group (SHG) members. We estimate a structural equation model (SEM) and correct for ordinality in the data to account for the impact of the latent factors on women’s empowerment. Our SEM results reveal that for the SHG members, the economic factor is the most effective in empowering women. Greater autonomy and social attitudes also have a significant women empowerment impact. |
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| Keywords: | G21 J16 C31 |
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