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In It to Win It? Self-Esteem and Income-Earning among Couples

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dc.contributor.authorBotea, Ioana
dc.contributor.authorDonald, Aletheia
dc.contributor.authorRouanet, Lea
dc.contributor.authorRouanet, Léa
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-15T21:38:23Z
dc.date.available2020-10-15T21:38:23Z
dc.date.issued2020-10
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates whether the relative self-esteem level of spouses can lead to within- household competition for inputs and affect economic gender inequality in the home. Using data on smallholder farmer couples in Cote d'Ivoire, the paper examines the relationship between spouses' self-esteem and income-earning in agriculture. Although the link between own self-esteem and crop income earning is positive, there is a "battle of the sexes" in which one spouse's self-esteem is negatively related to the other's income earning, particularly income earning in higher-value, export-oriented agriculture. Women's outcomes are more sensitive to their own self-esteem (positively) and to their partners' (negatively) than men's. This negative relationship is driven by individuals during middle age, when self-esteem is considered most stable. A key channel through which self-esteem appears to matter is by increasing control over household land, which is a scarce but crucial input to agricultural production. In addition to confirming the importance of noncognitive skills for poverty reduction in rural settings, the findings highlight the importance of their impact on intra- and inter-household inequality, especially in the presence of interlocking market failures constraining the supply of inputs to production.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/291371602165418378/In-It-to-Win-It-Self-Esteem-and-Income-Earning-among-Couples
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9431
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34623
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9431
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectAFRICA GENDER POLICY
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATION LAB
dc.subjectSELF-ESTEEM
dc.subjectSOCIOECONOMIC SKILLS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT
dc.subjectEXPORT CROPS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE SKILLS
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectLAND RIGHTS
dc.subjectWOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
dc.titleIn It to Win It? Self-Esteem and Income-Earning among Couplesen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleIn it to Win it ? Self-Esteem and Income-Earning among Couples
okr.date.disclosure2020-10-08
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/291371602165418378/In-It-to-Win-It-Self-Esteem-and-Income-Earning-among-Couples
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9431
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b087e8513e_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32473305
okr.identifier.reportWPS9431
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okr.region.countryCote d'Ivoire
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okr.statistics.dr291371602165418378
okr.statistics.drstats881
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Rural Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction
okr.topicSocial Development::Psychology
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Wages, Compensation & Benefits
okr.unitGender Innovation Lab, Africa Region
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