Research Activities
Research Projects
FY 2015/2016 Research Topic: B-1-13
Female Empowerment and Social Institutions
Outline
The aim of this research is to improve our understanding of the roles played by social institutions in the violation of women’s human rights in the developing world from the perspective of female empowerment. More precisely, the following two questions will be addressed through an empirical approach.
(1) Welfare impacts of levirate marriage in Tanzania
(2) Determinants of Purdar in Pakistan
Period
April 2015 - March 2018
Members of the Research Project
| [ Organizer ] | KUDO Yuya |
| [ Co-researcher ] | MAKINO Momoe |
Publications
- First year: "Interim Report for: Female Empowerment and Social Institution" (Interim Report, March 2016)
- Second year: IDE Research Bulletin