Television on Women’s Empowerment in India
利用全国性调查数据，研究电视接触对印度女性赋权的影响，发现电视接触与女性自主意识、经济独立、避孕、反对家暴、少生育和弱化重男轻女观念正相关。
We used a nationwide demographic survey to study the relation between television exposure and women’s empowerment in India. Ordinary least squares (OLS) results suggested that TV exposure improved Indian women’s status. We used the propensity score matching (PSM) method to mitigate the potential threat of endogeneity. The results indicate that TV exposure is correlated with greater awareness of autonomy, greater financial independence, less unwanted pregnancy (birth control), negative attitude toward beating, a lower tendency of giving birth, a smaller family, and a lower preference level for sons.