Two MAGNET researchers presented work on gender measurement at the conference "Better Data for Better Jobs and Lives: Innovations in Survey Measurement in the Age of AI," held at World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on December 8-9, 2025. Aletheia Donald (Senior Economist, Africa Gender Innovation Lab, World Bank) presented Whose Job Is it? Implicit […]
Presentation on implicit gender bias in occupations at Asian Development Bank seminar
Aletheia Donald (Senior Economist, Africa Gender Innovation Lab, World Bank) presented Whose Job Is it? Implicit Gender Bias Toward Occupations in India and Uganda at the Economic Research and Development Impact Department (ERDI) Seminar Series at the Asian Development Bank on November 13, 2025. The virtual seminar explored how implicit attitudes toward gendered occupational choices […]
Presentation on measuring agency through willingness to pay experiments
Akanksha Vardani (Research Advisor, Behavioural Insights Team UK) presented ‘Willingness to pay as a measure of agency: Implementation and Interpretation’ at the Food and Nutrition Policy (FNP) Brown Bag Seminar on October 29, 2025. The paper, co-authored with Aletheia Donald (World Bank) and Berber Kramer (IFPRI), examines the validity and interpretation of willingness to pay […]
MAGNET Initiative presents new tools for measuring women’s agency with NSOs
In two recent virtual engagements with national statistical offices (NSOs) and gender data practitioners, the Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) Initiative introduced innovative measurement tools designed to capture dimensions of women's agency that have traditionally been difficult to quantify in large-scale surveys and national statistical systems. On October 21, 2025, Aletheia Donald (Senior Economist, […]
MAGNET pilots short-form versions of tools
To make agency measurement more practical and scalable, MAGNET has developed short-form versions of four tools, now being piloted across five data collections. These innovations aim to reduce respondent burden while preserving the reliability and richness of the original measures. The Critical Consciousness Scale was streamlined from 45 to 12 questions through rigorous psychometric analysis […]
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