Measuring women's economic empowerment: Lessons from South America

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1 Measuring Women’s Economic Empowerment: Issues and Challenges 2 Conceptualizing Women’s Economic Empowerment as a Process and Implications for its Measurement in South American Countries Susana Martinez-Restrepo and Laura Ramos-Jaimes PART 1 DECISION MAKING: WHICH DECISIONS EMPOWER WOMEN ECONOMICALLY? 3 What Does it Mean to Jointly Manage Household Expenditures? Evidence from a Financial Education Program in Peru Johanna Yancari Cueva 4 Understanding the Role of the Couple in Key Decisions and Actions of the Female Entrepreneur in Peru Martin Valdivia 5 Freedom to Choose: The Role of Abstract and Concrete Questions in Colombia and Peru Susana Martinez-Restrepo and Johanna Yancari Cueva PART 2 EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES AND THE QUALITY AND STATUS OF WORK AS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT 6 Labor Markets and Economic Empowerment: Evidence from the Impact Evaluation of Red UNIDOS in Colombia Susana Martinez-Restrepo 7 The Role of Choice and Constraints in Women’s Willingness to Take a Job in Cali, Colombia Susana Martinez-Restrepo 8 Subjective Definitions of Work: The Use of Discussion Groups to Measure Subjective Dimensions of Women’s Economic Empowerment in Uruguay Alma Espino 9 Methodological Considerations in Measuring Women’s Economic Empowerment in South America Acronyms Preface Susana Martinez-Restrepo 1 Measuring Women’s Economic Empowerment: Issues and Challenges 2 Conceptualizing Women’s Economic Empowerment as a Process and Implications for its Measurement in South American Countries Susana Martinez-Restrepo and Laura Ramos-Jaimes PART 1 DECISION MAKING: WHICH DECISIONS EMPOWER WOMEN ECONOMICALLY? 3 What Does it Mean to Jointly Manage Household Expenditures? Evidence from a Financial Education Program in Peru Johanna Yancari Cueva 4 Understanding the Role of the Couple in Key Decisions and Actions of the Female Entrepreneur in Peru Martin Valdivia 5 Freedom to Choose: The Role of Abstract and Concrete Questions in Colombia and Peru Susana Martinez-Restrepo and Johanna Yancari Cueva PART 2 EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES AND THE QUALITY AND STATUS OF WORK AS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT 6 Labor Markets and Economic Empowerment: Evidence from the Impact Evaluation of Red UNIDOS in Colombia Susana Martinez-Restrepo 7 The Role of Choice and Constraints in Women’s Willingness to Take a Job in Cali, Colombia Susana Martinez-Restrepo 8 Subjective Definitions of Work: The Use of Discussion Groups to Measure Subjective Dimensions of Women’s Economic Empowerment in Uruguay Alma Espino 9 Methodological Considerations in Measuring Women’s Economic Empowerment in South America References Appendix