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Political reservations and women’s entrepreneurship in India

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Numerous countries have implemented seat reservations for women in politics over the past decades. Starting in the early 1990s, India’s flagship decentralisation reform instituted one-third seat reservations for women in local governance bodies. This column suggests that this political empowerment increased women’s economic empowerment through at least one channel, i.e. small-scale entrepreneurship. These findings suggest that political empowerment policies for women may additionally have beneficial economic effects in the longer run.

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Ghani, Ejaz, Kerr, William R., and O’Connell, Stephen D. Political reservations and women’s entrepreneurship in India. , , . , 2014. Ghani, E., Kerr, W. R., and O’Connell, S. D. (2014). Political reservations and women’s entrepreneurship in India. , , . Ghani, Ejaz, Kerr, William R., and O’Connell, Stephen D. "Political reservations and women’s entrepreneurship in India." 2014, .Ghani Ejaz, Kerr William R., and O’Connell Stephen D. "Political reservations and women’s entrepreneurship in India." (2014). Ghani, E, Kerr, W R, and O’Connell, S D 2014, 'Political reservations and women’s entrepreneurship in India', , , . Ejaz Ghani, William R Kerr, and Stephen D O’Connell, 'Political reservations and women’s entrepreneurship in India' (2014). Ghani E., Kerr W. R., and O’Connell S. D. Political reservations and women’s entrepreneurship in India. . 2014. Ghani, Ejaz, Kerr, William R., and O’Connell, Stephen D. Political reservations and women’s entrepreneurship in India. . 2014. , .

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