Fofack, Hippolyte2013-09-042013-09-042013-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15579This paper proposes a model to analyze the implications of colonial policies for gender inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa. The model emphasizes segmentation of production under complete specialization. It shows that the colonial production model, underpinned by occupational job segregation in the agricultural sector and gender bias in the non-agricultural sector, exacerbated gender inequality by limiting employment opportunities for women outside the realm of home production and subsistence agriculture. Over the past few decades, the resilience of parameters underlying these models of colonial production has heightened the risks of macroeconomic volatility in the region, especially where the structural transformation from low to high-value-added activities has remained elusive.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO RESOURCESADVERSE EFFECTSAGGREGATE DEMANDAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTUREALLOCATION OF RESOURCESALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCYBARGAININGBARGAINING POWERBORROWINGCASH CROPCASH CROPSCHILD LABORCHILD REARINGCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALECROPSCULTURAL CHANGECUSTOMDECISION MAKINGDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIMINISHING RETURNSDISCRIMINATIONDIVIDENDSDIVISION OF LABORDOWNSIDE RISKSDRIVERSECONOMIC CHANGEECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC HISTORYECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMIC POWERECONOMIC RESEARCHELASTICITYELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTIONELASTICITY OF SUPPLYEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENEXPORTSEXTENSIONEXTERNALITIESFARMERSFARMSFEMALE LABORFEMALE LABOR FORCEFEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONFERTILITYFOOD PRODUCTIONFORCED LABORFOSSIL FUELSFUTURE RESEARCHGDPGENDERGENDER ANALYSISGENDER BIASGENDER DIMENSIONGENDER DISPARITYGENDER DIVISION OF LABORGENDER EQUALITYGENDER GAPGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER ISSUESGENDER RELATIONSGENDER ROLESGENDER SEGREGATIONGIRLSHIGH FERTILITY RATEHIGH UNEMPLOYMENTHOUSEHOLD ASSETSHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN CAPITALHUSBANDSIMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENTINCOMEINCOME INEQUALITYINCOMESINDIVIDUAL MEMBERSINFORMAL ECONOMYINFORMAL SECTORINFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENTINNOVATIONINTEGRATIONINTENSIVE INDUSTRIESJOB TRAININGLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR MARKETLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLABOR SUPPLYLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLOCAL GOVERNMENTSMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMARGINAL PRODUCTMARGINAL REVENUEMARKET ECONOMIESMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMONOPOLYMORTALITYNATIONAL INCOMENATIVE POPULATIONNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESOCCUPATIONAL MOBILITYOPEN ECONOMYOPTIMAL ALLOCATIONPERFECT COMPETITIONPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOPULATION DIVISIONPOPULATION ESTIMATESPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION PRESSUREPOWER OF WOMENPRICE TAKERSPRODUCT MARKETSPRODUCTION FUNCTIONPRODUCTION FUNCTIONSPRODUCTION PROCESSPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPRODUCTIVITY INCREASESPROGRESSRAPID POPULATION GROWTHRATES OF GROWTHRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESPECTRURAL WOMENSEXSEXUAL DIVISION OF LABORSKILLED LABORSOCIAL NORMSSOCIOECONOMIC STATUSSOIL CULTIVATIONSPILLOVERSUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURETIME CONSTRAINTSTOTAL OUTPUTTRANSPORT SYSTEMSUNCTADUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNITED NATIONSURBAN AREASUTILITY FUNCTIONWAGE STRUCTUREWAGESWEALTHWEEDSWOMANWORKING HOURSWORLD POPULATIONWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6438