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and livestock production. The effect of human capital on household incomes is partly realized through the reallocation of …
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, increasing women's power would lead to a worsening of gender discrimination against girls. This is likely the result of deeply …
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As sex ratio imbalances have become a problem in an increasing number of countries, it is important to understand their consequences. With the defeat of the Kuomintang Party in China, more than one million soldiers and civilians, mainly young males, retreated to Taiwan in the late 1940s....
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increases with human and physical wealth. Consistent with a collective model of household decision-making, husband�s and wifeï … other countries that find group membership to be positively correlated with wealth, this study finds that group membership …
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is not yet fully understood. This paper investigates changes in assets owned by the household head, his spouse, or … household survey panel data. Land is owned mostly by men, who are wealthier than their spouses with respect to almost all types …
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We examine the role of gender in adoption and diffusion of orange sweet potato, a biofortified staple food crop being … agricultural intervention with nutrition objectives, intrahousehold gender dynamics regarding decisions about crop choice and child … exchange, suggesting again that gender dimensions of networks may be important to diffusion of the crop. We use data from an …
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Drawing on a household survey collected in eight woredas in seven Ethiopian regions in 2009, as well as on qualitative … particularly stark differences by region. Individual visits by public sector extension agents to household farms are by far the …
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literature is still scant as to which products are the most effective. In order to inform gender targeting of rural finance … better able to manage food insecurity and shocks. This suggests that gender differences in demand for financial products can …
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