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Gender and Modern Supply Chains in Developing Countries
Maertens, Miet; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313443
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Gendering technological change: evidence from agricultural mechanization
Afridi, Farzana; Bishnu, Monisankar; Mahajan, Kanika - 2020
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293601
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Is the allocation of time gender sensitive to food price changes? : an investigation of hours of work in Uganda
Campus, Daniela; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 2016
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581673
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The gendered effects of climate change: production shocks and labor response in agriculture
Afridi, Farzana; Mahajan, Kanika; Sangwan, Nikita - 2021
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012592972
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Is the Allocation of Time Gender Sensitive to Food Price Changes? An Investigation of Hours of Work in Uganda
Campus, Daniela; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 2016
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584691
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Gendering Technological Change: Evidence from Agricultural Mechanization
Afridi, Farzana; Bishnu, Monisankar; Mahajan, Kanika - 2020
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322511
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The Gendered Effects of Climate Change: Production Shocks and Labor Response in Agriculture
Afridi, Farzana; Mahajan, Kanika; Sangwan, Nikita - 2021
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658147
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Les femmes et l’emploi rural - Lutter contre la pauvreté en redéfinissant les rôles propres à chaque genre
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations; … - 2009
Environs trois quarts des pauvres à travers le monde vivent dans les zones rurales. Parmi eux, les femmes constituent un groupe particulièrement vulnérable et pourtant stratégique pour le développement économique et social. Investir au profit des femmes rurales ne répond alors plus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962193
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Women and Rural Employment - Fighting Poverty by Redefining Gender Roles
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations; … - 2009
imperative; it can also be a promising strategy to effectively fight poverty and hunger. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962195
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La Mujer y el Empleo Rural - Combatir la pobreza redefiniendo los roles de género
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations; … - 2009
Alrededor de tres cuartas partes de los pobres del mundo viven en zonas rurales. Entre ellos, la mujer constituye un grupo especialmente vulnerable pero de importancia decisiva para el desarrollo económico y social. Invertir en la mujer rural, por tanto, no es sólo un imperativo moral, sino...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962196