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Market Imperfections Exacerbate the Gender Gap : The Case of Malawi

This paper hypothesizes that labor and credit market imperfections—by discouraging off-farm income-generating activities and restricting access to inputs, respectively—affect female farm productivity more deeply than male productivity. The paper de...

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Main Authors: Palacios-Lopez, Amparo, López, Ramón
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
LIVING STANDARDS
EMPLOYMENT
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
RIGHTS
GENDER SPECIFIC
PRODUCTIVITY EFFECTS
WAGE GAP
PRODUCTION
MALE COUNTERPART
INCOME
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
WAGE DISCRIMINATION
LABOR ALLOCATION
UNITED NATIONS
RURAL LABOR MARKETS
INFORMATION
SERVICES
DISCRIMINATION
ELASTICITY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
EFFECTS
LABOR ECONOMICS
RURAL LABOR
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
PROJECT
MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
GENDER DISPARITY
BUDGET
EFFICIENCY WAGES
GENDER DIMENSIONS
PRESENT VALUE
HUMAN RESOURCE
LABOR MARKET
GENDER GAP
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY
TRANSFERS
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
MARKETS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
ORGANIZATIONS
GENDER INEQUALITIES
GENDER SENSITIVITY
STANDARDS
LABOR
ADULT MALE
UTILITY
MALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
CHILD CARE
EFFICIENCY
FEMALE LABOR
DESIGN
RESOURCES
UNEMPLOYMENT
PREVAILING MARKET WAGE
FEMALE HEADS
LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
CONSUMPTION
CAPITAL
WAGES
POLICIES
GENDER DIFFERENCES
PRODUCTIVITY EFFECT
MARKET FAILURES
DESCRIPTION
PARTICIPATION
WAGE INEQUALITY
VALUE
GENDER
FAMILY LABOR
RURAL POVERTY
WORKING CAPITAL
HOUSEHOLD
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
COST
WAGE RATE
ROLE OF WOMEN
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
TRANSACTION COSTS
MARKET
ACCESS TO MARKETS
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTION
ECONOMICS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTIVITY REGRESSION
MANAGEMENT
PRODUCTIVITY DECOMPOSITION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN FARMERS
STATE
LAND
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
THEORY
SECURITY
FEMALES
INVESTMENT
RISK
HUMAN RESOURCES
HOUSEHOLDS
GENDER ANALYSIS
EQUALITY
PRODUCTIVITY GAP
ALLOCATION
IMMIGRATION
LABOR ALLOCATION DECISIONS
SUPPLY
PRODUCTIVITY REGRESSIONS
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
LABOR SUPPLY
PROFIT
BORROWING
WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
INTERVENTIONS
MARRIED WOMEN
COMMUNITY
GENDER DISCRIMINATION
HOUSEHOLD WORK
WOMEN
LABOUR
LABOR MARKETS
OUTCOMES
FEMALE
SERVICE
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
PRICES
MARKET WAGE
GENDER EQUALITY
INEQUALITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24611445/market-imperfections-exacerbate-gender-gap-case-malawi
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22175

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