*This study evaluates jointly the health effects of the world's largest demand-side maternal cash transfer program—India’s Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) and community health worker (CHW) interactions. Using difference-in-differences, I exploit the differences in the percentage rollout of both policy instruments across districts. Results indicate that cash transfers and CHW interactions increase delivery in a public institution and ante-natal care visits and reduce neonatal mortality.

**Differences in labor market outcomes between men and women have been extensively documented. Yet, little is know about the role of peers in shaping these gaps, especially at the beginning of the career. This paper provides novel large-scale evidence on the effects of the social environment, as represented by college classmates, as a driver of women’s job-search preferences and early-career labor market choices. I exploit unique data covering the universe of college students in Italy and quasi-random variation in peers' culture, based on past female labor force participation in the province of origin. I find that exposure to same-sex peers with more egalitarian gender culture leads women to increase their labor supply. A one standard deviation increase in peers' culture increases female earnings by 3.6%, mostly through higher take-up of full-time jobs. Leveraging information on elicited job-search preferences, I shed light on a novel gender-biased channel: peers shape women's preferences towards relevant job attributes. Peer influence is especially strong in the absence of alternative role models, both in the family and within society. Overall, peers reduce early career gender gaps by 30%.