Afford to Empower Women? The Effects of State Capacity on Women’s Rights

• In Event: Gender and Economic Inequality

Brief Overview

This paper examines how state capacity influences the promotion of women’s rights, arguing that robust institutions are crucial for advancing women’s political, economic, and social rights, regardless of regime type or international incentives.

Authors

• Jalal Fetrati, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

• Shakiba Bakhtiari, University of Wisconsin–Madison