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Agricultural labor accounts for the largest share of child labor worldwide. Yet, measurement of farm labor statistics is challenging due to its inherent seasonality, variable and irregular work schedules, and the varying saliences of individuals' work activities. The problem is further...
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in agriculture; however, currently, significant gender gaps exist in DFS access and usage. By allowing female farmers to …Women in rural areas, and in particular female farmers, have significantly less access to financial services than their … male counterparts. Such limited access is harmful to female farmers and their families and significantly impedes their …
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Agriculture and the rural space will continue to demand the attention of policy makers in Bolivia for several reasons …, even as urbanization gains momentum. First, agriculture is a proven engine of economic growth. Aside from showing its … strength in decades past, in recent years agriculture shielded the Bolivian economy from the worst effects of the decline in …
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The disutility of work, often summarily described as effort, is a primal component of economic models of worker and consumer behavior. However, empirical applications that measure effort, especially those that assess the distribution of effort across known populations, are historically scarce....
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-oil productive sectors such as agriculture and agro-allied industries, in order to build an economy that can generate inclusive … agriculture plus off-farm agribusiness) to accelerate inclusive recovery from the 2020 recession, create jobs, and reduce poverty … agriculture, those that affect downstream off-farm agribusiness and cross-cutting challenges. The agribusiness enabling …
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The digital agriculture revolution holds a promise to build an agriculture and food system that is efficient … revolutions in agriculture, which began on farms, the current revolution is being sparked at multiple points along the agrifood … by increasing efficiency on the farm; improving farmers' access to output, input, and financial markets; strengthening …
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-adult households. Norms limiting women's role in agriculture and gender agricultural productivity gaps are likely to result in lower …
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. Significant effects of title on self-reported land prices point toward land being acquired for speculative purposes, suggesting …
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Occupational sex segregation is a key driver of the gender gap in earnings. Using data from 11,691 aspiring agribusiness entrepreneurs across five states in Nigeria, this paper explores the gender gap in the sectoral choice decision, and especially the role played by norms around gender roles....
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. Growth in agriculture has been sustained through the cash crops sector, which is relatively better than the food crop sector …
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