Palacios-Lopez, A. and Christiaensen, L. and Kilic, T.
(2017)
How much of the labor in African agriculture is provided by women?
Food Policy, 67.
pp. 52-63.
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Abstract
The contribution of women to labor in African agriculture is regularly quoted in the range of 60–80%.
Using individual, plot-level labor input data from nationally representative household surveys across
six Sub-Saharan African countries, this study estimates the average female labor share in crop production
at 40%. It is slightly above 50% in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda, and substantially lower in Nigeria (37%),
Ethiopia (29%), and Niger (24%). There are no systematic differences across crops and activities, but
female labor shares tend to be higher in households where women own a larger share of the land and
when they are more educated. Controlling for the gender and knowledge profile of the respondents does
not meaningfully change the predicted female labor shares. The findings question prevailing assertions
regarding substantial gains in aggregate crop output as a result of increasing female agricultural
productivity.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Gender and Economic Policy, Economics and Gender, Gender and Poverty, Gender and Economics |
| Author Affiliation: |
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), Survey Unit, Development Data Group, The World Bank, United States |
| Subjects: |
Social Sciences |
| Divisions: |
General |
| Depositing User: |
Mr T L Gautham
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| Date Deposited: |
31 May 2018 10:45 |
| Last Modified: |
31 May 2018 10:45 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15454 |
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