Intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology
Evaluations 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 (M...
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| author | Gulati, Kajal Ward, Patrick S. Lybbert, Travis J. Spielman, David J. |
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| description | Evaluations 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. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1322582024-09-12T15:55:58Z Intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology Gulati, Kajal Ward, Patrick S. Lybbert, Travis J. Spielman, David J. agriculture agricultural technology decision making gender households labour allocation rice smallholders women Evaluations 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. 2024-03 2023-10-14T02:49:09Z 2023-10-14T02:49:09Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132258 en Open Access Wiley Gulati, 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 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture agricultural technology decision making gender households labour allocation rice smallholders women Gulati, Kajal Ward, Patrick S. Lybbert, Travis J. Spielman, David J. Intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology |
| title | Intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology |
| title_full | Intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology |
| title_fullStr | Intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology |
| title_short | Intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology |
| title_sort | intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor saving agricultural technology |
| topic | agriculture agricultural technology decision making gender households labour allocation rice smallholders women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132258 |
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