Gender differentials in farm productivity: Implications for household efficiancy and agricultural policy

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dc.creatorAlderman, Harold
dc.creatorHoddinott, John F.
dc.creatorHaddad, Lawrence J.
dc.creatorUdry, Christopher R.
dc.date2003
dc.date2024-10-24T12:50:20Z
dc.date2024-10-24T12:50:20Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:07:44Z
dc.descriptionThis chapter challenges one of the main tenets of agricultural economics—that households behave as though they are single individuals, with production factors allocated efficiently between men and women. In many contexts this is a convenient and innocuous assumption. It can be quite restrictive, however, when investigating the causes and welfare consequences of gender differences in agriculture. In response to a growing number of econometric studies that have found strong evidence against the hypothesis that households act as if they are individuals, researchers have proposed a number of different models of the interaction that occurs between individuals within the household. Many of these models share with the standard model the assumption that the allocation of resources is Pareto efficient. These models make a variety of alternative assumptions, however, concerning the sharing rule within the household and the threat points used as fallback positions by the individuals in the household in the event that a cooperative equilibrium is not achieved.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/157503
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95388
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAlderman, Harold; Hoddinott, John; Haddad, Lawrence; and Udry, Christopher R. 2003. Gender differentials in farm productivity: Implications for household efficiancy and agricultural policy. In Household decisions, gender, and development: a synthesis of recent research. Quisumbing, Agnes R., ed. Chapter 8. Pp. 61-66. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157503
dc.subjectproperty
dc.subjectwomen
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjecteconomic theories
dc.subjecthousehold budget
dc.subjecthousehold consumption
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectfarming systems
dc.subjectlegal system
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectempowerment
dc.subjectagricultural technology
dc.subjectagricultural growth
dc.subjectchild care
dc.subjectproperty rights
dc.subjectnatural resources management
dc.subjectagricultural policies
dc.subjecttechnology transfer
dc.subjectdrought
dc.subjectvegetables
dc.subjectfisheries
dc.subjectchildren
dc.titleGender differentials in farm productivity: Implications for household efficiancy and agricultural policy
dc.typeBook Chapter

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