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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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There is no consensus about how globalization -trade and foreign investments ?affects poverty reduction. Using … household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the … vertical integration and complete exclusion of smallholder suppliers. We analyze and quantify income and poverty effects under …
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income and poverty implications of expanded horticulture exports and changing supply chain structures for rural households in …
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Nominal earnings in Egypt did not respond to the increase in inflation between February 2008 and February 2009, resulting in a 12.3 (9) percent decline in average (median) real earnings among 25 to 60 years old workers. Changes in earnings differ significantly by groups: (i) those with higher...
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explores the nature of time poverty by examining how changes in the prices of the two major staples consumed, matooke and … Uganda National Household Survey by adopting a Tobit-hybrid model. Our results show that gender differentials in the intra …
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Technological change in production processes with gendered division of labor across tasks, such as agriculture, can have a differential impact on women's and men's labor. Using exogenous variation in the extent of loamy soil, which is more amenable to deep tillage than clayey soil and therefore...
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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 … highlight the gendered impact of climate change, potentially exacerbating extant gender gaps in the labor market. …
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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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improved gender equity. In certified households, women have greater control of coffee production and monetary revenues from …
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We investigate the impact of smallholder vegetable commercialization through the export and domestic market channels on household income and assets in Kenya. We use a survey panel dataset, which allows us to control for unobserved heterogeneity across households, and show that the...
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