The impact of microfinance on factors empowering women: Differences in regional and delivery mechanisms in India’s SHG programme

Ranjula Bali Swain and Fan Yang Wallentin ()
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Fan Yang Wallentin: Department of Statistics, Postal: Uppsala University, P.O. Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

No 2014:7, Working Paper Series from Uppsala University, Department of Economics

Abstract: We examine how the impact on women empowerment varies with respect to the location and type of group linkage of the respondent. Using household survey data from five states in India, we correct for selection bias to estimate a structural equation model. Our results reveal that in the southern states of India empowerment of women takes place through economic factors. For the other states, we find a significant correlation between women empowerment and autonomy in women’s decision-making and network, communication and political participation respectively. We do not however find any differential causal impact of different delivery methods (linkage models).

Keywords: microfinance; women empowerment; structural equation model; self-help groups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 G21 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2014-10-31
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Journal Article: The Impact of Microfinance on Factors Empowering Women: Differences in Regional and Delivery Mechanisms in India’s SHG Programme (2017)
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