How Much of the Labor in African Agriculture Is Provided by Women?

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.09.017

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How Much of the Labor in African Agriculture Is Provided by Women?

dc.contributor.author	Palacios-Lopez, Amparo
dc.contributor.author	Christiaensen, Luc
dc.contributor.author	Kilic, Talip
dc.date.accessioned	2016-11-17T20:35:43Z
dc.date.available	2016-11-17T20:35:43Z
dc.date.issued	2017-02
dc.description.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.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Food Policy
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/25373
dc.identifier.issn	0306-9192
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25373
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	gender
dc.subject	labor
dc.subject	agriculture
dc.title	How Much of the Labor in African Agriculture Is Provided by Women?	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
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okr.associatedcontent	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306919216303852 Journal website (version of record)
okr.associatedcontent	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22155 Working paper version (pre-print)
okr.crossref.title	How Much of the Labor in African Agriculture Is Provided by Women?
okr.date.disclosure	2018-10-15
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.09.017
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/25373
okr.identifier.report	111061
okr.journal.nbpages	52-63
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Ethiopia
okr.region.country	Malawi
okr.region.country	Niger
okr.region.country	Nigeria
okr.region.country	Tanzania
okr.region.country	Uganda
okr.region.geographical	Sub-Saharan Africa
okr.topic	Agriculture::Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Development
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Rural Development
okr.unit	Development Data Group (DECDG)
okr.volume	67
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