Identifying pathways that affect the relationship between empowerment and economic outcomes
Several studies have demonstrated a positive relationship between women’s empowerment and their economic outcomes, but less is known about the factors that moderate this association. Unpacking possible pathways to impact is important, especially for the design and implementation of agricultural deve...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2023
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| author | Paz, Florencia Heckert, Jessica Seymour, Greg Raghunathan, Kalyani |
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| description | Several studies have demonstrated a positive relationship between women’s empowerment and their economic outcomes, but less is known about the factors that moderate this association. Unpacking possible pathways to impact is important, especially for the design and implementation of agricultural development projects that target women or aim to improve gender-related outcomes. We use primary data on roughly 800 agricultural households in Guatemala to examine factors that could potentially moderate this relationship. We measure empowerment for a woman and man in each household using the projectlevel Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index for Market Inclusion. We measure household-level economic outcomes using total household income from all sources, and agricultural yield and revenues for specific crops. We identify key moderating factors of interest through a review of existing evidence and exploratory data analysis. Among others, these factors include freedom of movement, access to a safe and healthy work environment, and sound business practices—all of which have a strong theoretical or empirical connection to economic outcomes. We first use OLS regression models to study how our economic outcomes of interest are related to our measures of women’s empowerment. We then interact women’s empowerment with each of the hypothesized moderating factors to test the strength of the relationship and whether they reinforce or dampen the overall association. Our results can potentially inform the design of agricultural development projects, enabling them to better empower women farmers and enhance impacts on economic well-being. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1369542025-11-06T07:32:39Z Identifying pathways that affect the relationship between empowerment and economic outcomes Paz, Florencia Heckert, Jessica Seymour, Greg Raghunathan, Kalyani gender agriculture research women's empowerment Several studies have demonstrated a positive relationship between women’s empowerment and their economic outcomes, but less is known about the factors that moderate this association. Unpacking possible pathways to impact is important, especially for the design and implementation of agricultural development projects that target women or aim to improve gender-related outcomes. We use primary data on roughly 800 agricultural households in Guatemala to examine factors that could potentially moderate this relationship. We measure empowerment for a woman and man in each household using the projectlevel Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index for Market Inclusion. We measure household-level economic outcomes using total household income from all sources, and agricultural yield and revenues for specific crops. We identify key moderating factors of interest through a review of existing evidence and exploratory data analysis. Among others, these factors include freedom of movement, access to a safe and healthy work environment, and sound business practices—all of which have a strong theoretical or empirical connection to economic outcomes. We first use OLS regression models to study how our economic outcomes of interest are related to our measures of women’s empowerment. We then interact women’s empowerment with each of the hypothesized moderating factors to test the strength of the relationship and whether they reinforce or dampen the overall association. Our results can potentially inform the design of agricultural development projects, enabling them to better empower women farmers and enhance impacts on economic well-being. 2023-10-12 2024-01-04T12:46:31Z 2024-01-04T12:46:31Z Presentation https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136954 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Paz, Florencia; Heckert, Jessica; Seymour, Greg; Raghunathan, Kalyani. 2023. Identifying pathways that affect the relationship between empowerment and economic outcomes. Presentation. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136954 |
| spellingShingle | gender agriculture research women's empowerment Paz, Florencia Heckert, Jessica Seymour, Greg Raghunathan, Kalyani Identifying pathways that affect the relationship between empowerment and economic outcomes |
| title | Identifying pathways that affect the relationship between empowerment and economic outcomes |
| title_full | Identifying pathways that affect the relationship between empowerment and economic outcomes |
| title_fullStr | Identifying pathways that affect the relationship between empowerment and economic outcomes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identifying pathways that affect the relationship between empowerment and economic outcomes |
| title_short | Identifying pathways that affect the relationship between empowerment and economic outcomes |
| title_sort | identifying pathways that affect the relationship between empowerment and economic outcomes |
| topic | gender agriculture research women's empowerment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136954 |
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