Two Heads Are Better Than One

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dc.creatorDonald, Aletheia
dc.creatorGoldstein, Markus
dc.creatorRouanet, Léa
dc.date2022-05-18T21:14:37Z
dc.date2022-05-18T21:14:37Z
dc.date2022-05-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:36:02Z
dc.descriptionLow levels of agricultural productivity and investment hinder economic growth in developing countries. This paper presents results from a field experiment in Côte d'Ivoire, which randomized wives’ participation in an agricultural extension training for rubber, a male-dominated export crop that takes six years to start producing latex but requires upfront care. The training included a planning portion, consisting of filling out an action plan for rubber farming over the next two years, and a skills portion. In the without-wife group, households witnessed a 26.4 percent drop in the value of the crop harvested and a 18.4 percent drop in productivity, with labor going to planting rubber seedlings. In the group with wife participation, households had higher levels of investment (planting 20 percent more rubber seedlings) and were able to maintain pre-program levels of agricultural production on older trees and other crops. These households increased their labor hours and agricultural input use, resulting in no drop in overall production or productivity. This outcome did not come through increased skills or incentives. Rather, underlying these results are increases in planned agricultural management by wives, increased retention of the action plan, and a reduction in gendered task division. The results show how including women in economic planning can improve the efficiency of household farm production and promote higher levels of investment.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099814305162265850/IDU0f96b7b5805126048aa0bc9406d23820b9487
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37454
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-10047
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/407039
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Papers;10047
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectGENDERED TASK DIVISION
dc.subjectRUBBER PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATION LAB
dc.subjectRUBBER PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectINTRA-HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION
dc.subjectCOUPLES IN AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectACCESS TO CREDIT
dc.subjectEFFICIENCY OF FARM PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFAMILY HIERARCHY
dc.subjectFAMILY DECISION MAKING
dc.subjectAFRICA GENDER POLICY
dc.subjectWOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
dc.titleTwo Heads Are Better Than One
dc.titleAgricultural Production and Investment in Côte d’Ivoire
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

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