In this study, we explore the correlates of the employment gender gap among urban youth in Mozambique. Young people are confronted with simultaneous decisions about education, work and family life influenced by social norms around gender roles. Using data from a panel of individuals in 2017 and...

In this study, we explore the correlates of the employment gender gap among urban youth in Mozambique. Young people are confronted with simultaneous decisions about education, work and family life influenced by social norms around gender roles. Using data from a panel of individuals in 2017 and...

Spanish Abstract: Los contextos económicos, donde la gente (empleados) participa como parte del mercado laboral afectan directamente el desarrollo de sus habilidades y capacidades. En la teoría económica esta situación está motivada por la compensación que los empleados obtengan por sus...

Spanish Abstract: [Esta investigación contrastó las hipótesis de discriminación salarial y segmentación ocupacional por condición étnico-racial en Cali empleando la metodología de descomposición Oaxaca-Blinder y un modelo Logístico Multinomial. Los resultados muestran que el 56.30% de...

Los estudios de población consisten en comprender la evolución en estructura, cantidad y calidad del componente humano en el territorio geográfico. El presente documento tiene por objetivo documentar por medio de estadísticas oficiales la realidad demográfica de Manizales (Colombia),...

This paper discusses tomato value chain performance in Malawi and Mozambique using data collected from a market study commissioned by the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture as part of a regional research on conservation agriculture in maize-based farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa....

This article analyses the technical efficiency of maize production in Zimbabwe's smallholder farming communities following the fast-track land reform of the year 2000 with a view of highlighting key entry points for policy. Using a randomly selected sample of 522 smallholder maize producers, a...

This article analyzes maize value chain performance in Malawi and Mozambique using data collected from a market study commissioned by the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture. The results show that although smallholder maize productivity is slightly higher in Malawi, a maize value chain...

This document presents a research method to analyze the access of small and medium farmers to the supermarket market, and the effect of such access on the producers' decisions and net incomes. The method was developed for and used in a study carried out in 2004 in three Central American countries.

This paper characterizes and measures the contribution of social capital to the performance of 50 agro-enterprises in Colombia. Using qualitative analysis we document the functions that social capital performs within firms. To estimate social capital's contribution to firm structure and...