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Thursday, May 23 / 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Auditorium Backstage

Session 78
Women's economic empowerment: learning from successful interventions

Chair: Violet Murunga, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP)

1. Does Contraceptive Use Facilitate Women’s Economic Empowerment? Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, and Burkina FasoCarolina Cardona, Johns Hopkins University; Elizabeth A. Gummerson, Princeton University; Mahesh Karra, Boston University; Philip A. Anglewicz, Johns Hopkins University.

2. Contraception et achèvement du niveau secondaire dans les délais chez les adolescentes sexuellement actives à Yaoundé au Cameroun*Nadège Chouapi Kouam Dzutseu, Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographiques (IFORD).

3. Family Planning and Women’s Labor Supply: Experimental Evidence from Urban MalawiMahesh Karra, Boston University; Daniel Maggio, Cornell University; David Canning, Harvard University.

4. Social Interactions and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes in KenyaBeatrice Mbinya, University of Nairobi; Kefa Simiyu, University of Nairobi.

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