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Simone Schaner

University of Southern California
schaner@usc.edu

Simone Schaner is Assistant Professor (Research) of Economics at the University of Southern California. Her research focusses on gender and household decision-making in the developing world, she is especially interested in applications to financial inclusion, health, and labour markets. Simone earned her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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क्या ग्रामीण महिलाओं द्वारा फोन का उपयोग किये जाने से उनके प्रति लैंगिक मानदंडों में उदारता आती है?

भारत में मोबाइल नेटवर्क की बेहतर कनेक्टिविटी के बावजूद, महिलाओं की प्रौद्योगिकी तक पहुंच और उनके द्वारा इसके उपयोग के संबंध में लैंगिक पूर्वाग्रह अभी तक बने हुए हैं। इस लेख में, एक अध्ययन से प्राप्त प...

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Does access liberalise gender norms around phone use for rural women?

Despite improved connectivity, deep-rooted gender norms continue to shape access to and use of mobile technologies by women in India. This note discusses preliminary findings from a study, which sugge...

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Empowering women through direct digital wage payments

India’s rate of female labour force participation dropped from 37% in 1990 to 28% in 2015. Can greater control over earned income incentivise women to work and influence gender norms? This article d...

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