Women's Bargaining Power and Economic Development
Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Hague, Netherlands, February 4, 2011
The Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University and the African Study Centre of Leiden University jointly organize a one day workshop on ‘Women’s Bargaining Power and Economic Development’ in the Hague, Netherlands. The workshop aims to bring together researchers in the fields of economics, sociology, anthropology, etc that address issues related with measurement of bargaining outcomes and determinants using qualitative as well as quantitative analysis.
For more information contact Thanh-Dam Truong
Workshop Programme
Time | Event | Presenter | Discussant |
09:00-9:10 | Opening | Marleen Dekker | |
09:10-9:50 | Keynote Address: "Intrahousehold Allocation and Women's Bargaining Power" | Bereket Kebede School of International Development, University of East Anglia | |
09:50:10:30 | A study on Women's Empowerment through Microcredit with a special Focus on Indigenous Knowledge in India | Corinne Dietiker | Thanh-Dam Truong |
10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break | Atrium | |
10:45-11:25 | Fertility Shocks,Polygamy and Child Health | Natascha Wagner | Marleen Dekker |
11:25-12:05 | Economic Development, Gender and Women's Bargaining Power in Post-Globalized and Liberalized India:A View from Service Sector | Jagriti Tanwar | Amrita Chhachhi |
12:05-12:45 | Marriage in Developing Countries and the Variables that Explain its Variations | Sarah Carmichael | Prof. Irene van Staveren |
12:45-13:30 | Lunch Break | Atrium | |
13:30-14:10 | Parental Education, Gender Preferences and Child Nutritional Status | Rafael Novella | Robert Sparrow |
14:10-14:50 | Social Networks and Intra-household Bargaining in rural Ethiopia | Marleen Dekker | Bereket Kebede |
14:50-15:30 | Bargaining Power and Women's Health in rural Ethiopia | Bilisuma Dito | Bereket Kebede |
15:30-15:45 | Coffee Break | Atrium | |
15:45-16:25 | Women's Autonomy and Subjective Wellbeing in India | Luuk van Kempen | Prof. Arjun Bedi |
16:25-17:05 | Gendered Bargaining Power in Everyday Irrigation Practices | Vera Juana | Bilisuma Dito |
17:05-17:45 | How Gender Inequality Hinder Development | Gaelle Ferrant | Luuk van Kempen |
17:45-18:30 | Closing | Prof. Irene van Staveren and Thanh-Dam Truong |
