Nina Buchmann

Nina Buchmann is a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at Stanford University. Her areas of interest include development economics and behavioural economics. She is particularly interested in issues related to gender, sexual assault, and domestic violence.

श्रम बाज़ार में महिलाओं के खिलाफ पितृसत्तात्मक भेदभाव
कई कम आय वाले देशों में महिलाएं अक्सर श्रम बाज़ार से बाहर रह जाती हैं। इस लेख में पितृसत्तात्मक भेदभाव के रूप में एक नई व्याख्या प्रस्तुत की गई है- महिलाओं को खतरनाक या अप्रिय कार्यों से बचाने के लिए पुरुषों को प्राथमिकता दी जाती है। बांग्लादेश में रात्रि पाली की नौकरियों और श्रमिकों के परिवहन और सब्सिडी के प्रावधान से जुड़े क्षेत्र में हुए प्रयोग में नियोक्ताओं के बीच इस तरह के भेदभाव के सबूत मिलते हैं।

Paternalistic discrimination against women in the labour market
Women in many low-income countries are often excluded from the labour market. This article proposes a new explanation in the form of paternalistic discrimination – the preferential hiring of men to protect women from dangerous or unpleasant tasks. Based on a field experiment in Bangladesh involving night-shift jobs and provision of worker transport and subsidies, it finds evidence of such discrimination among employers

A signal to end child marriage: Evidence from Bangladesh
Child marriage remains common even where female schooling and employment opportunities have grown. Based on a field study in Bangladesh, this article seeks to experimentally evaluate the impact of a financial incentive to delay marriage alongside a girls’ empowerment programme. While girls eligible for two years of the incentive are 19% less likely to marry underage, the empowerment programme failed to decrease adolescent marriage.
