@article{ref1,
title="A breakthrough in women's bargaining power: the impact of microcredit",
journal="Journal of international development",
year="2007",
author="Osmani, Lutfun N. Khan",
volume="19",
number="5",
pages="695-716",
abstract="This paper attempts to test empirically whether access to micro-credit can help poor rural women to improve their bargaining power within the household. The empirical measures of women's bargaining power, or empowerment, used in this paper are underpinned by a bargaining model of the household. By using survey data on the borrowers of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh and by adopting a methodology that allows for the possibility of self-selection, this study shows that targeted micro-credit can have a significantly positive effect on women's bargaining power within the household. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p />",
language="",
issn="0954-1748",
doi="10.1002/jid.1356",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.1356"
}