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Technological change in production processes with gendered division of labor across tasks, such as agriculture, can …
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affected both labor coercion and the adaption of labor-saving technologies within the agriculture sector along the lines …
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Climate change has increased rainfall uncertainty, leading to greater production risks in agriculture. We examine the … gender-differentiated labor impacts of droughts resulting from lower precipitation using unique individual-level panel data … explained by social costs emanating from gender norms that constrain women's access to non-farm work opportunities. The results …
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Contract farming recently gained in importance in many developing countries. Various studies analyzed effects of contracting on productivity and income in the small farm sector. A few studies also looked at effects on agricultural labor use, suggesting that contracting tends to increase labor...
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In many developing countries, a significant portion of the wage distribution is found below the legal minimum wage. In order to fully understand the nature of this non-compliance, we need to compare the counterfactual wage distribution without the minimum wage law to the current wage...
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The food security scenario in South Asia has witnessed rapid progress over the last few decades, yet nutrition outcomes, especially those related to women and children, have failed to keep pace. This paper contends that the role of women in providing food and nutrition security at the household...
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traded. In this paper we examine the gender implications in modern supply chains. We conceptualize the various mechanisms … findings from our own survey suggest that modern supply chains may be associated with reduced gender inequalities in rural …
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men; (iii) those who were initially in agriculture also had greater declines despite rising food prices. …
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technical barriers to trade (TBT) on gender relations in the agricultural labour market between 1995 and 2012. Our results … the non-tariff measure, but more so because of their unequal access to opportunities such as gender inequality in …, gender parity achieved in primary education and increased access to time saving infrastructure increases their share of …
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Uganda National Household Survey by adopting a Tobit-hybrid model. Our results show that gender differentials in the intra …
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