Is Economic Growth Good for Women's Agency?

<br>This paper analyzes the effect of economic growth on women's agency. Women's agency is measured across three dimensions: personal freedom, participation in household decisions, and perception of gender roles. The data were taken from three samples of a national-state representative survey on women's agency in Mexico. Using fixed effects at the state level, the study finds: (1) suggestive evidence that economic growth enhances women's personal freedom through the industrial and service sectors; (2) heterogeneous effects of economic growth on household decisions, the main beneficiaries of which are less educated and indigenous women; and (3) there is no evidence that economic growth affects the perception of gender roles. <br>