Agricultural mechanisation and gendered labour activities across sectors: Micro-evidence from multi-country farm household data
The gender difference in employment across sectors is a critical element of gender inequality in rural livelihoods and welfare in developing countries. The role of production technologies, including agricultural mechanisation, in addressing gender inequality is increasingly explored. Knowledge gaps...
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| author | Takeshima, Hiroyuki |
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| description | The gender difference in employment across sectors is a critical element of gender inequality in rural livelihoods and welfare in developing countries. The role of production technologies, including agricultural mechanisation, in addressing gender inequality is increasingly explored. Knowledge gaps remain, however, including how agricultural mechanisation differentially affects labour engagements across sectors. This study aims to partly fill these knowledge gaps through micro‐evidence from seven countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, India, Nepal and Vietnam), using several nationally representative panel data and supplementary data and applying correlated random effects double‐hurdle models with instrumental variables. We find that the use of tractors and/or combine harvesters by the household induces a greater shift from farm activities to non‐farm activities by female members than by male members. While statistical significance varies, these patterns generally hold consistently across all seven countries studied. These patterns also hold across different farm sizes. While these are short‐term relations, agricultural mechanisation proxied by tractors and/or combine harvesters is one of the crucial contributors to gendered rural livelihood. Future studies should more closely investigate these patterns' underlying mechanisms and implications. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1316042024-11-07T09:43:04Z Agricultural mechanisation and gendered labour activities across sectors: Micro-evidence from multi-country farm household data Takeshima, Hiroyuki agriculture combine harvesters data employment farm size female labour gender households livelihoods tractors The gender difference in employment across sectors is a critical element of gender inequality in rural livelihoods and welfare in developing countries. The role of production technologies, including agricultural mechanisation, in addressing gender inequality is increasingly explored. Knowledge gaps remain, however, including how agricultural mechanisation differentially affects labour engagements across sectors. This study aims to partly fill these knowledge gaps through micro‐evidence from seven countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, India, Nepal and Vietnam), using several nationally representative panel data and supplementary data and applying correlated random effects double‐hurdle models with instrumental variables. We find that the use of tractors and/or combine harvesters by the household induces a greater shift from farm activities to non‐farm activities by female members than by male members. While statistical significance varies, these patterns generally hold consistently across all seven countries studied. These patterns also hold across different farm sizes. While these are short‐term relations, agricultural mechanisation proxied by tractors and/or combine harvesters is one of the crucial contributors to gendered rural livelihood. Future studies should more closely investigate these patterns' underlying mechanisms and implications. 2024-02 2023-08-21T18:27:58Z 2023-08-21T18:27:58Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131604 en Open Access Wiley Takeshima, Hiroyuki. 2024. Agricultural mechanisation and gendered labour activities across sectors: Micro-evidence from multi-country farm household data. Journal of Agricultural Economics 75(1): 425-456. https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12564 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture combine harvesters data employment farm size female labour gender households livelihoods tractors Takeshima, Hiroyuki Agricultural mechanisation and gendered labour activities across sectors: Micro-evidence from multi-country farm household data |
| title | Agricultural mechanisation and gendered labour activities across sectors: Micro-evidence from multi-country farm household data |
| title_full | Agricultural mechanisation and gendered labour activities across sectors: Micro-evidence from multi-country farm household data |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural mechanisation and gendered labour activities across sectors: Micro-evidence from multi-country farm household data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural mechanisation and gendered labour activities across sectors: Micro-evidence from multi-country farm household data |
| title_short | Agricultural mechanisation and gendered labour activities across sectors: Micro-evidence from multi-country farm household data |
| title_sort | agricultural mechanisation and gendered labour activities across sectors micro evidence from multi country farm household data |
| topic | agriculture combine harvesters data employment farm size female labour gender households livelihoods tractors |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131604 |
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