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Title: Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India

Author(s): Diva Dhar, Tarun Jain and Seema Jayachandran

Publication Date: December 2018

Keyword(s): Gender equality, Persuasion, preference formation and Social norms

Programme Area(s): Development Economics

Abstract: Societal norms about gender roles contribute to the economic disadvantages facing women in many developing countries. This paper evaluates an intervention aimed at eroding support for restrictive gender norms, specifically a multi-year school-based intervention in Haryana, India, that engaged adolescents in classroom discussions about gender equality. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that the intervention increased adolescents' support for gender equality by 0.25 standard deviations, a sizable effect compared to other correlates of their gender attitudes such as their parents' views. Program participants also report more gender-equitable behavior; for example, boys report helping out more with household chores.

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Dhar, D, Jain, T and Jayachandran, S. 2018. 'Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=13413