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"She helps me all the time" : underestimating women's economic engagement in rural Honduras
Muller, Miriam; Sousa, Liliana D. - 2020
This study aims to understand women's engagement in economic activities in rural Honduras and why these activities may not be accurately reflected in official statistics. The study finds that women underreport their engagement in economic activities, including production for own consumption,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240558
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Improving the measurement of rural women's employment : global momentum and survey research priorities
Koolwa, Gayatri - 2019
Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda Living Standards and Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture, as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022358
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Left behind to farm? : women’s labor re-allocation in rural China
Mu, Ren; Van de Walle, Dominique - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003917762
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Gender and rural non-farm entrepreneurship
Rijkers, Bob; Costa, Rita - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009562828
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Dynamics of off-farm employment in Sub-Saharan Africa : a gender perspective
Van den Broeck, Goedele; Kilic, Talip - 2018
-farm employment and continued employment; and conducts the analysis by gender and rural/urban location. A significant share of the …-farm enterprises being more common in Nigeria and Tanzania. The population weighted cross-country gender difference in off …-farm employment and continued employment are country- and gender-specific, with demographic factors, occurrence of shocks, and job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903104
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Gender bias in agricultural child labor : evidence from survey design experiments
Galdo, Jose; Dammert, Ana C.; Abebaw, Degnet - 2020
individuals' work activities. The problem is further complicated by the presence of widespread gender stratification of work and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388670
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Who is employed? : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa on redefining employment
Gaddis, Isis; Oseni, Gbemisola; Palacios Lopez, Amparo; … - 2020
The 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (in 2013) redefined labor statistics standards. A major change was to narrow the definition of employment to work for pay or profit. By the revised standards, farming that is only or mainly intended for own use is no longer considered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297225
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The impact of positive agricultural income shocks on rural Chinese households
Leight, Jessica - 2018
among households who had not previously diversified out of agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871304
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Specialization without regret : transfer rights, agricultural productivity, and investment in an industrializing economy
Carter, Michael R.; Yao, Yang - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001436347
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Social and economic impacts of rural road improvements in the state of Tocantins, Brazil
Iimi, Atsushi; Lancelot, Eric R.; Manelici, Isabela; … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010514486