Intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology

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dc.creatorGulati, Kajal
dc.creatorWard, Patrick S.
dc.creatorLybbert, Travis J.
dc.creatorSpielman, David J.
dc.date2024-03
dc.date2023-10-14T02:49:09Z
dc.date2023-10-14T02:49:09Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:09:05Z
dc.descriptionEvaluations of agricultural technologies rarely consider the implications of how adoption may alter the labor allocation of different individuals within a household. We examine intrahousehold decision-making dynamics that shape smallholder households' decision to use mechanical rice transplanting (MRT), a technology that disproportionately influences demand for women's labor. To study the adoption decision, we experimentally estimate the willingness to pay for MRT services both at the individual and household level. We find that women value MRT more than men, especially when they participate in transplanting on their own farms. This preference heterogeneity is evident in the unconditional differences between women's and men's valuation and differences conditional on their individual observable characteristics. Despite having stronger preferences for MRT, women have less influence on the household's technology adoption decision than men. This differential influence over the MRT adoption decision reflects the intrahousehold power structure: in households where women have less control over assets, they also have less influence over the MRT adoption decision. Our results highlight how technological changes interact with unobserved, gender-based intrahousehold power relations to influence agricultural production decisions and, by extension, the gendered allocation of labor and welfare of women.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/132258
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/96054
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceGulati, Kajal; Ward, Patrick S.; Lybbert, Travis J.; and Spielman, David J. 2024. Intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 106(2): 684-711. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12430
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectagricultural technology
dc.subjectdecision making
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectlabour allocation
dc.subjectrice
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectwomen
dc.titleIntrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology
dc.typeJournal Article

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