Some think these inclinations may be tied to the fact that women do most of the child rearing, and that keeps their focus on local concerns, but the real truth is we don’t actually know what’s driving these differences. Still, even without fully understanding the mechanism, we can say that you don’t have to care about women’s “rights” in order to find good reasons to financially empower women. You can just look at known outcomes. Maybe you can just care about the bottom line of your economy. Many well-regarded economists have written extensively about this: give women more money and give them
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