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Community conversations as a strategy to change harmful traditional practices against women

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  • Elisabetta de Cao
  • Marloes Huis
  • Samson Jemaneh
  • Robert Lensink

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This article conducts a series of list experiments to detect whether community conversations contribute to a change in thinking about harmful traditional practices in Ethiopia. While our findings are mixed, we provide evidence that community conversations are indeed a valuable instrument to induce a change in social values in order to empower women.

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  • Elisabetta de Cao & Marloes Huis & Samson Jemaneh & Robert Lensink, 2017. "Community conversations as a strategy to change harmful traditional practices against women," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(2), pages 72-74, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:24:y:2017:i:2:p:72-74
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2016.1161713
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    1. Nicola Jones & Elizabeth Presler-Marshall & Guday Kassahun & Meti Kebede Hateu, 2020. "Constrained choices: Exploring the complexities of adolescent girls’ voice and agency in child marriage decisions in Ethiopia," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 20(4), pages 296-311, October.
    2. M. Niaz Asadullah & Elisabetta De Cao & Fathema Zhura Khatoon & Zahra Siddique, 2021. "Measuring gender attitudes using list experiments," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 34(2), pages 367-400, April.

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