With or without him? Experimental evidence on gender-sensitive cash grants and trainings in Tunisia

Jules Gazeaud, Nausheen Khan, Eric Mvukiyehe and Olivier Sterck

No 2022-02, CSAE Working Paper Series from Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford

Abstract: Is it possible to stimulate women’s employment by relaxing their financial and human capital constraints? Does involving husbands help or hinder the effort? To examine these questions, we randomly allocated cash grants and financial training to 1,000 poor women in Tunisia. To encourage gender dialogue, a random subset of women could invite their male partner to the training. The cash grants and financial training positively impacted women’s income generating activities, but only for women who had to attend the training alone, suggesting that gender dialogue backfired. The program also reinforced traditional gender roles: it stimulated employment of other household members as well as investments in small-scale agriculture and livestock farming—two activities traditionally undertaken by women at home. Impacts on household living standards are overwhelmingly positive.

Keywords: Cash Transfers; Financial Training; Gender Roles; Employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 L25 L26 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-01-20
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