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Supplementary Material
Does Reducing Transaction Costs in Household Bargaining
Improve Women's Well-being? Evidence from Burundi (with Guilia
Ferrari)
The empowerment of
women within households remains a major issue around the world including in
Africa. We have conducted a study in Burundi coupling discussion sessions
with microfinancing to determine if they enhance
the role of women in decisions regarding household purchases and the
reduction of domestic violence. We compare our findings to that from a
published study in South Africa that combined discussion sessions on life
skills and health on reduction in domestic violence and decisions on economic
issues. Both studies used randomized controlled experiments. Both studies
show a trend towards increases in household authority, with the Burundi study
showing statistical significance. In South Africa there was a large, albeit
short lived decrease in domestic violence. In Burundi there was small
reduction but trend suggest a longer duration. The effects on overall
empowerment are small. These studies suggest that a more sustained use of
discussion sessions could be beneficial. Future research could focus on the
longer term effects of the use of discussion sessions and investigate how the
observed impacts can be sustained in magnitude and duration.
Instruments
Baseline Survey,
Wave 2 Survey, Focus Group Interviews,
Wave 3 Survey
Training
Interviewer
Training Manual (Slides)
Focus
Group Training Manual
Intervention
VSLA
Training Manual (from CARE)
Discussion Session
Curriculum and Training Manual
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