Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263597 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15381
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We experimentally test if enabling individuals to incentivize others to socialize with them can strengthen social networks and improve well-being. We examine family planning access for women in India, who tend to be socially isolated and for whom peer support may overcome intrahousehold constraints. Enabling women to jointly visit a clinic with other women not only increased social ties and strengthened peer engagement, but also increased clinic visits and contraceptive use. Moreover, this intervention was more effective in improving reproductive autonomy of women who faced greater intrahousehold opposition than an intervention that only improved women's own access to the clinic.
Subjects: 
women’s social networks
peers
vouchers
India
family planning
contraception
female autonomy
mother-in-law
JEL: 
J13
J16
O15
O33
I15
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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