Women’s Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa
研究评估了乌干达一项为青春期女孩提供职业培训及性教育信息的综合干预措施，四年后发现女孩自雇比例上升，早孕、早婚和被迫性行为显著减少，表明技能培训是有效的赋权政策。
We evaluate a multifaceted policy intervention attempting to jump-start adolescent women’s empowerment in Uganda by simultaneously providing them vocational training and information on sex, reproduction, and marriage. We find that four years postintervention, adolescent girls in treated communities are more likely to be self-employed. Teen pregnancy, early entry into marriage/cohabitation, and the share of girls reporting sex against their will fall sharply. The results highlight the potential of a multifaceted program that provides skills transfers as a viable and cost-effective policy intervention to improve the economic and social empowerment of adolescent girls over a four-year horizon.