The Impact of Microfinance on Factors Empowering Women: Differences in Regional and Delivery Mechanisms in India’s SHG Programme
利用印度五个邦的家庭调查数据，纠正选择偏差后估计结构方程模型，发现南部邦的女性赋权通过经济因素实现，而其他邦则与决策自主、网络沟通和政治参与相关，但不同交付方式无显著因果差异。
We examine how the impact on women’s 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’s 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).