Wheels of Power: Can Free Bicycles for Schoolgirls Free Their Mothers?
研究印度一项为九年级女生提供现金购买自行车的项目，发现该项目不仅促进了女童教育，还显著增强了母亲及其他女性家庭成员的自主动能，且效果在项目对女童教育影响最大的地区最强。
We study whether a social program to facilitate girls’ schooling in India increases the autonomy of mothers and other female family members. The program gives every girl in grade 9 a cash amount to purchase a bicycle. This targeted in-kind provision has the effect of lowering the price of educating girls. It also signals the worth of young women. We find a strong empowerment effect on older female family members. The effect is strongest in areas where the program has the biggest impact on girls’ schooling, suggesting that it is an indirect outcome of targeting benefits toward schoolgirls.