Description
This study attempts to determine factors that influence women’s autonomy and empowerment in Nepali households. We look at a set of such variables for women, for instance, land ownership, access to credit from formal and informal financial institutions, decision to work outside of family, input to decision making on such family matters as accessing health services for herself and her children, sending children to school, and handling family finance. We explore whether there is gender bias on access to formal sources of credit or availability of public services.
Women’s participation in the formal financial market in Nepal: Evidence from NLSS III data
This study attempts to determine factors that influence women’s autonomy and empowerment in Nepali households. We look at a set of such variables for women, for instance, land ownership, access to credit from formal and informal financial institutions, decision to work outside of family, input to decision making on such family matters as accessing health services for herself and her children, sending children to school, and handling family finance. We explore whether there is gender bias on access to formal sources of credit or availability of public services.