Gender differences in Agricultural Productivity in Cote d'Ivoire : Changes in Determinants and Distributional Composition over the Past Decade

This paper analyzes changes in agricultural productivity gender gaps in Côte d'Ivoire between 2008 and 2016 using decomposition methods. The analysis finds that the unconditional gender gap between male- and female-headed households has decrea...

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Main Authors:	Donald, Aletheia, Lawin, Gabriel, Rouanet, Lea
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	GENDER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GENDER GAP INCOME DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD WELFARE AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/177211579618771420/Gender-Differences-in-Agricultural-Productivity-in-Cote-dIvoire-Changes-in-Determinants-and-Distributional-Composition-over-the-Past-Decade http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33227

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spelling	okr-10986-332272022-09-20T00:12:45Z Gender differences in Agricultural Productivity in Cote d'Ivoire : Changes in Determinants and Distributional Composition over the Past Decade Donald, Aletheia Lawin, Gabriel Rouanet, Lea GENDER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GENDER GAP INCOME DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD WELFARE AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE This paper analyzes changes in agricultural productivity gender gaps in Côte d'Ivoire between 2008 and 2016 using decomposition methods. The analysis finds that the unconditional gender gap between male- and female-headed households has decreased by 14 percent over the past decade. The conditional gender gap has decreased by 32 percent and becomes statistically insignificant once accounting for whether households farm export crops. This transition is driven by improvements across crop types, but it is particularly remarkable for export crop productivity, likely due to increased adoption of fertilizer and pesticide by female-headed households. Despite these substantial improvements, female-headed households in the bottom half of the distribution remain disadvantaged. Moreover, over the past decade, female-headed households did not transition into commercial agriculture and have witnessed greater reductions in land area compared with their male counterparts. The results show that helping these female-headed households access agricultural labor, strengthen their land rights, and adopt export crops are the three most promising policy options to reach gender parity in agriculture in Côte d'Ivoire. 2020-01-23T16:57:28Z 2020-01-23T16:57:28Z 2020-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/177211579618771420/Gender-Differences-in-Agricultural-Productivity-in-Cote-dIvoire-Changes-in-Determinants-and-Distributional-Composition-over-the-Past-Decade http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33227 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9113 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Cote d'Ivoire
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topic	GENDER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GENDER GAP INCOME DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD WELFARE AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
spellingShingle	GENDER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GENDER GAP INCOME DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD WELFARE AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE Donald, Aletheia Lawin, Gabriel Rouanet, Lea Gender differences in Agricultural Productivity in Cote d'Ivoire : Changes in Determinants and Distributional Composition over the Past Decade
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description	This paper analyzes changes in agricultural productivity gender gaps in Côte d'Ivoire between 2008 and 2016 using decomposition methods. The analysis finds that the unconditional gender gap between male- and female-headed households has decreased by 14 percent over the past decade. The conditional gender gap has decreased by 32 percent and becomes statistically insignificant once accounting for whether households farm export crops. This transition is driven by improvements across crop types, but it is particularly remarkable for export crop productivity, likely due to increased adoption of fertilizer and pesticide by female-headed households. Despite these substantial improvements, female-headed households in the bottom half of the distribution remain disadvantaged. Moreover, over the past decade, female-headed households did not transition into commercial agriculture and have witnessed greater reductions in land area compared with their male counterparts. The results show that helping these female-headed households access agricultural labor, strengthen their land rights, and adopt export crops are the three most promising policy options to reach gender parity in agriculture in Côte d'Ivoire.
format	Working Paper
author	Donald, Aletheia Lawin, Gabriel Rouanet, Lea
author_facet	Donald, Aletheia Lawin, Gabriel Rouanet, Lea
author_sort	Donald, Aletheia
title	Gender differences in Agricultural Productivity in Cote d'Ivoire : Changes in Determinants and Distributional Composition over the Past Decade
title_short	Gender differences in Agricultural Productivity in Cote d'Ivoire : Changes in Determinants and Distributional Composition over the Past Decade
title_full	Gender differences in Agricultural Productivity in Cote d'Ivoire : Changes in Determinants and Distributional Composition over the Past Decade
title_fullStr	Gender differences in Agricultural Productivity in Cote d'Ivoire : Changes in Determinants and Distributional Composition over the Past Decade
title_full_unstemmed	Gender differences in Agricultural Productivity in Cote d'Ivoire : Changes in Determinants and Distributional Composition over the Past Decade
title_sort	gender differences in agricultural productivity in cote d'ivoire : changes in determinants and distributional composition over the past decade
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/177211579618771420/Gender-Differences-in-Agricultural-Productivity-in-Cote-dIvoire-Changes-in-Determinants-and-Distributional-Composition-over-the-Past-Decade http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33227
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Gender differences in Agricultural Productivity in Cote d'Ivoire : Changes in Determinants and Distributional Composition over the Past Decade

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