Felix Rusche @felixrusche.bsky.social · 03/12/2024In addition, I solve an important issue of the underlying household survey data: To preserve respondents’ privacy, coordinates of survey locations are randomly displaced prior to being made available to researchers. This introduces substantial bias. 100
Felix Rusche @felixrusche.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I build on the displacement algorithm and external data to compute the PDF of original locations, conditional on observing a displaced location. I then compute the probability mass on the coverage area. This allows for clean identification of parameters despite the displacement. 100
Felix Rusche @felixrusche.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I find strong effects of community radio on women's empowerment. Exposure to community radio 📚 Increases affected women’s education by 0.3 years 👰🏽♀️ Reduces child marriage by 22% 👶🏽 Lowers young women’s fertility by ~10%. 💪🏽 Boosts women’s autonomy in household decisions by 11pp 110
